EN1901 Reading English
Academic year
2024 to 2025 Semester 2
Curricular information may be subject to change
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Key module information
SCOTCAT credits
20
SCQF level
SCQF level 7
Availability restrictions
Only available to those enrolling on the MA Combined Studies or already enrolled on the MA/BSc General degree taken in the evening.
Planned timetable
Thu 6.30 - 9.00 pm
Module Staff
Team taught
Module description
In this module students are introduced to a small number of texts, in prose and verse, from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasis is laid on (i) practical criticism, (ii) close reading, and (iii) the importance of literary-historical context.
Assessment pattern
Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment
2-hour Written Examination = 100%
Learning and teaching methods and delivery
Weekly contact
1 x 2.5-hour session: lecture and seminar, and 1 optional consultative hour.
Scheduled learning hours
27
Guided independent study hours
172
Intended learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the set texts
- Offer close readings of literary texts, paying attention to language, rhetoric, form and structure
- Relate the study of the primary texts to wider literary and critical reading
- Employ a critical vocabulary when discussing texts
- Write an academic essay which demonstrates the ability to construct a critical argument
- Engage in coherent oral discussion