ENG-10029 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2021/22

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2021/22

How do authors create and manipulate different voices within their texts? How autobiographical is literary writing? What influence might the reader or audience have on dramatic and poetic texts? What new meanings can a text take on in performance? Playing Parts introduces you to the critical study of drama and poetry through close attention to issues of performance and voice. With workshops delivered by selected external partners such as theatres and museums, the module also gives you a chance to apply your understanding of poetry or drama to real-world scenarios.

To familiarize students with the distinctive characteristics of poetry and drama.
To enable students to carry out close analysis of a range of poetry and drama by a number of authors from different historical periods.
To equip students with a knowledge of key literary concepts and terminology with respect to poetry and drama.
To provide students with a knowledge of the historical development of poetry and drama from the seventeenth century to the present.
To familiarize students with key modes of writing within poetry and drama such as lyric, satire, comedy, modern and post-modern.
To provide students with an awareness of the relationship between socio-historical contexts and literary meaning in poetry and drama.
To give students the chance to reflect on how the expertise in literary understanding they are developing may be applied in workplaces such as theatres, heritage sites, and educational establishments.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify the distinctive features of a range of poetic and dramatic modes such as lyric, satiric, comic, modern and postmodern: 1,2
engage in close textual analysis of a range of styles of poetry and drama by different writers: 1,2
articulate key concepts in poetic and dramatic theory and relate these to literary texts: 2
demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between socio-historical contexts and the production of meaning in poetry and drama: 2
show a knowledge of the relationship between the concepts of authors, voice, characters and reader/audience in poetry and drama: 2
demonstrate a sensitivity to the complexity of literary language and critical discourse: 1,2
demonstrate an ability to construct a clear and convincing argument using reasoning, analysis and judgement: 2
demonstrate a knowledge of the historical development of poetry and drama: 2

Study hours

24: Lectures and Workshops
12: Seminars
70: Class Preparation
14: Short Paper Preparation and Writing
30: Essay Preparation and Writing

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment