Core Course 2: The Words on the Page ENGLIT4116

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Critical Studies
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course offer the opportunity to study key critical concepts and practices in English Literature, with a focus on critical categories and methodologies for approaching texts.

Timetable

1 x 2hr workshop per week over ten weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

Requirements of Entry

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into English Literature, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Close reading exercise (1500 words): 35%

Essay: close reading and reflective commentary (2500 words): 65%

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable for Honours courses

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Course Aims

This course aims to:

■ facilitate the study of a range of influential concepts and practices that have informed and shaped the discipline of English literature

■ enable students to reflect on developments in the use of a range of key critical concepts and practices

■ enable students to critically reflect on their own practice as readers and writers.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ critically reflect on a range of textual categories and methodologies as they inflect reading practice;

■ apply this knowledge in the interpretation of literary texts from a range of different periods;

■ articulate their own critical perspectives regarding these concepts.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.