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ENG-20060 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

ENG-20060 - Contemporary World Literature
Coordinator: Nicholas Bentley Room: CBB2.057 Tel: +44 1782 7 33304
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Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Yes

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23


Aims
To allow students to study selected anglophone literature produced during the contemporary period.
To enable students to reflect on the social contexts and political ideologies that have dominated during the contemporary period and to consider the significance of a variety of literary texts in relation to these.
To provide students with knowledge of various critical frameworks (cultural and literary) such as feminist theory, postmodernism and postcolonialism, and to develop an ability to work with these as part of an independent critical practice.
To enable students to appreciate and analyse the emergence and significance of different literary styles during the period.
To account for the importance of gender, class, sexual and racial identities in the literature of the period.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify and assess critically the formal techniques used in contemporary fiction and/or poetry: 1,2
identify and evaluate trends in fiction and poetry in the contemporary period: 1,2
demonstrate close reading skills appropriate to the analysis of poetry and fiction: 1,2
enhance their interpretation of texts through knowledge of the historical contexts informing the contemporary period: 1,2
recognise and employ critical concepts and terms used in modern critical study such as formalism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, and gender studies: 1,2

Study hours

Contact time (36 hours)
Two hour lecture slots with one hour of traditional lecture and one hour of directed study (reading and analysing secondary criticism) per week AND one hour discussion-based seminar per week.
essay feedback (1 hour)
lecture and seminar preparation and private study (60 hours)
essay writing and preparation (40 hours)
short paper preparation and writing (13 hours)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Short Paper weighted 30%
1000 word Short Paper
1000-word close reading of a short poem Students will be asked to produce a close reading of a poem. They will be offered three poems to choose from.

2: Essay weighted 70%
2,500 word Essay
Students will be asked to choose one from a list of essay questions. The essay questions will be theme based and cover topics studied on the module.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 19 January 2023