| Module Title |
Postmodernism |
| Module Code |
LIT1038 (ITS: EL401) |
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Faculty |
English |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
The aim of this module is to introduce students to a range of modernist and postmodernist narrative by Irish, British and American writers of the twentieth century
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Learning Outcomes
1. Describe how postmodermism developed out of modernism and identify its distinguishing features
2. Understand the relationship between postmodernist literature and broad movements in the arts in general
3. Articulate the relationship between postmodern culture and technology
4. Describe the treatment of postmodern concepts in selected postmodern films
5. Discuss the variety of poetic responses to postmodernism
6. Understand the significance of key postmodernist theoretical writings by Barthes, Lyotard and Baudrillard.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Lecture | 24 | No Description | | Independent Study | 54 | reading, researching, analysing | | Seminars | 6 | Screenings and discussions of postmodern films | | Assignment Completion | 40 | Completion of two assignments, the first an in-depth analysis of a specific postmodernist text/ film, the second a description of a postmodernist concept traced through several texts/films. | | Assessment Feedback | 1 | No Description |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 10945 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Paula Murphy | Module Teacher | Michael Hinds |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Portfolio | The students will be assessed via a portfolio of responses, containing both an essay relating to key texts and concepts on the module, as well as their contributions to module web forums. | 100% | n/a |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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
Toni Morrison
Beloved
Don de Lillo
White Noise
Art Spiegelman
MAUS
Donald Barthelme
City Life
Samuel Beckett
Fizzles
Spike Jonze
Her
David Lynch
Blue Velvet
George Saunders
Pastoralia
Postmodern Poetry
Sound Poetry, Visual/Concrete Poetry, Unoriginality
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- Toni Morrison: 1993, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, Vintage Press, New York,
- Moretti, Franco: 2004, The Novel (2 vols), Princeton, New York,
- Jean Baudrillard: 2002, Selected Writings, Stanford University Press, 978-080474273
- Jean Francois Lyotard: 1984, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, University of Minnesota Press,
- Roland Barthes: 1978, Image, Music, Text, Hill and Wang,
- Paul Hoover: 2013, Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology, W.W. Norton,
Articles:
None |
Other Resources
None |
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