Study Abroad & Exchange Programmes at Glasgow

This course will explore the works of James Joyce, concentrating in particular upon Ulysses and placing Joyce's works in literary, political and historical contexts. 

1 x 90min seminar weekly over nine weeks, 5 x 1hr lectures across ten weeks (alternate weeks) and 1 x 90min workshop session, as scheduled on MyCampus.

This is one of the Honours options in English Literature and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Successful completion of Junior Honours English Literature, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

ENGLIT4010  James Joyce

Moodle forum assignment (1,000 words): 20%

Close reading exercise (1,700 words): 30%  

Essay (3,000 words): 50%

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. 

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ read a range of James Joyce's prose as well as criticism, drama and poetry

■ attend to the formal and stylistic detail of Joyce's writing

■ consider Joyce's work from a variety of critical perspectives

■ place Joyce's writings in its literary, political and historical contexts

■ examine the impact and reception of Joyce's work.

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

■ articulate a detailed knowledge of Joyce's writings

■ analyse texts with attention to relevant aspects of style and form

■ locate Joyce's writings in wider historical and political contexts

■ cite and explain key critical concepts relating to Joyce's work and its contexts as part of a broader argument

■ apply formal and analytical skills in writing about Joyce's work and its contexts

■ communicate responses to the material studied on the course both orally and in written form through coherent and sustained argument.

■ demonstrate resilience and time management through effectively planning, undertaking and submitting coursework.

■ deal with change and new challenges by applying their disciplinary skills and knowledge to previously unfamiliar research areas and questions.

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