Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description The purpose of this module is to supply students with practical skills, theoretical frameworks, and an awareness of different critical approaches, with the ultimate aim of deepening their understanding of the discipline of English, what is required of them in terms of the work they produce, the different ways of reading and engaging with texts, and the skills required to write both academically and creatively. Students will develop knowledge of and skills in researching, writing and analysing texts through a series of lectures and related tutorials, as well as a series of lectures focused on the creative writing process itself. The module will also serve to introduce students to ideas and approaches that will be further developed on other modules. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Undertake well-directed and focused subject-specific research; present this research in a structured, clear and appropriate fashion; and adhere to correct conventions for referencing and presenting bibliographic information. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the origin and development of English as an academic discipline. 3. Display an understanding of the key terminology associated with the critical and theoretical approaches studied. 4. Discuss the key intellectual elements that shape specific critical approaches. 5. Apply ideas from the various schools of literary criticism studied to literary texts encountered. 6. Appreciate the distinction between the conventions for academic writing and the creative writing process. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Intro: Why Are We Here?Writing and Presentation Skills (2)Referencing and Research Skills (2)Intellectual Property and PlagiarismLiberal Humanism and Semiotics (2)Structuralism and Postructuralism (2)Marxism and Literary Criticism (2)Literature and psychoanalysisGender and Culture (2)Postcolonialism (2)Creative Writing in Practice (5)The Arts degree and the development of English as a discipline | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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