ENGL06010 2022 English Literature, Prose and Poetry:Texts Contexts and Subtexts 2
Full Title
English Literature, Prose and Poetry:Texts Contexts and Subtexts 2
Transcript Title
English Literature 2
Code
ENGL06010
Attendance
N/A %
Subject Area
ENGL - English
Department
SOCS - Social Sciences
Level
06 - NFQ Level 6
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
€
Start Term
2022 - Full Academic Year 2022-23
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Kate Duke, Breda McTaggart, Brenda Feeney, Ailise McDowell, Chris Sparks
Programme Membership
SG_HENGL_H08 202200 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Psychology
SG_HENGL_H08 202400 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Psychology
SG_WENGL_H08 202400 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Politics
Description
This module continues the exploration of literary texts from English Literature, Prose & Poetry: texts contexts and subtexts 1 into the 19th century, looking at Romantic poets, then at such writers as Mrs. Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Charlotte & Emily Bronte in their Gothic aspects, then on into 20th-century modernist literature, with such writers as Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, with W.B. Yeats and James Joyce.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;
1.
Display an awareness of literary form and genre in prose and poetry
2.
Explore the mutual relationship between the text and its historical and cultural contexts
3.
Build an independent response to and analyse a variety of literary texts
4.
Interrogate texts for themes and subtexts
Teaching and Learning Strategies
All teaching/learning activities will take the form of workshops (some teacher-led and some student-led). These workshops will be focused on presentation, interpretation and interrogation of core texts and key themes.
Module Assessment Strategies
There are two parts to this assessment:
- 1. Oral Presentation involving a critical evaluation of a key text in context ( 10 minutes) 40%)
- 2. Essay (2,500 words) 60%
Repeat Assessments
Repeat Assessment will be based on failed components.
Indicative Syllabus
Students will develop an awareness of the defining qualities of Romantic poetry
Students will look at a selection of Romantic poetry, with such writers as Blake, Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, in order to build a knowledge of its contexts, key themes and literary qualities.
Students will develop and awareness of the defining qualities of the Gothic in literature
Students will look at a selection of texts,with particular emphasis on women writers using elements of the Gothic, such as Mrs. Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Charlotte & Emily Bronte, in order to build a knowledge of contexts, key themes and literary qualities.
Students will develop an awareness of the defining qualities of Modernist literature
Students will examine a selection of modernist texts in prose and poetry, from such writers as Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, with Irish modernist writing focused on W.B. Yeats and James Joyce, in order to build knowledge of contexts, key themes and literary qualities.
The Student will interrogate texts for themes and subtexts
Students will do close readings of selected texts in order to uncover some of the multiplicity of possible meanings.
Coursework & Assessment Breakdown
Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %
Coursework Assessment
| Title | Type | Form | Percent | Week | Learning Outcomes Assessed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critical examination of a key text in context | Coursework Assessment | Assessment | 40 % | Week 7 | 1,2,3,4 |
| 2 | Written discussion of the defining qualities of Romantic, Gothic or Modernist literature with reference to at least two key writers | Coursework Assessment | Essay | 60 % | Week 12 | 1,2,3,4 |
Full Time Mode Workload
| Type | Location | Description | Hours | Frequency | Avg Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop / Seminar | Flat Classroom | All teaching/learning activities will take the form of discussion groups and workshops | 3 | Weekly | 3.00 |
Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 3.00 Hours
Required & Recommended Book List
Recommended Reading
2000 1. A companion to Romanticism Blackwell Publishers
2000 1. A companion to Romanticism Blackwell Publishers
Recommended Reading
1988 No man's land : the place of the woman writer in the twentieth century. Vol.1, War of the words Yale University Press
1988 No man's land : the place of the woman writer in the twentieth century. Vol.1, War of the words Yale University Press
Recommended Reading
1979 The madwoman in the attic : the woman writer and the nineteenth-century imagination Yale University Press
1979 The madwoman in the attic : the woman writer and the nineteenth-century imagination Yale University Press
Recommended Reading
2005 Modernism and the Fate of Individuality. Character and novelistic form from Conrad to woolf Cambridge University Press
2005 Modernism and the Fate of Individuality. Character and novelistic form from Conrad to woolf Cambridge University Press
Recommended Reading
2011 The Cambridge companion to modernism Cambridge University Press
2011 The Cambridge companion to modernism Cambridge University Press
Recommended Reading
1996 Modernism and Mass Politics: Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats Stanford University Press
1996 Modernism and Mass Politics: Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats Stanford University Press
Recommended Reading
2004 Romantic Consciousness: Blake to MAry Shelley Palgrave Connect
2004 Romantic Consciousness: Blake to MAry Shelley Palgrave Connect
Required Reading
1977 Death of the Author in Image, Music, Text Fontana Fontana
1977 Death of the Author in Image, Music, Text Fontana Fontana
Required Reading
2013 Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experince, 2013 Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013 Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experince, 2013 Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Required Reading
2011 Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed. London, , 2011 Continuum
2011 Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed. London, , 2011 Continuum
Required Reading
1988 No Man's Land : the Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. Vol.1, War of the Words Yale University Press
1988 No Man's Land : the Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. Vol.1, War of the Words Yale University Press
Required Reading
2018 Norton Anthology of English Literature: the Romantic Period, . 2018 New York, Norton & co
2018 Norton Anthology of English Literature: the Romantic Period, . 2018 New York, Norton & co
Required Reading
2017 The Romantic Poets Routledge
2017 The Romantic Poets Routledge
Required Reading
2012 Frankenstein. Mary Shelley Norton
2012 Frankenstein. Mary Shelley Norton
Required Reading
2005 Modernism and the Fate of Individuality. Character and novelistic form from Conrad to Woolf Cambridge University Press
2005 Modernism and the Fate of Individuality. Character and novelistic form from Conrad to Woolf Cambridge University Press
Required Reading
2011 The Cambridge companion to Modernism Cambridge University Press
2011 The Cambridge companion to Modernism Cambridge University Press
Required Reading
2002 . Byron and Romanticism Cambridge university Press
2002 . Byron and Romanticism Cambridge university Press
Required Reading
1979 Female Gothic, in The Endurance of Frankenstein: Essays on Mary Shelleys novel, ed. Berkeley, LA and London Univ. of California Press
1979 Female Gothic, in The Endurance of Frankenstein: Essays on Mary Shelleys novel, ed. Berkeley, LA and London Univ. of California Press
Required Reading
2016 . Wide Sargasso Sea, Norton, 2016 Norton
2016 . Wide Sargasso Sea, Norton, 2016 Norton
Required Reading
1996 Modernism and Mass Politics: Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, , 1996 Stanford University Press
1996 Modernism and Mass Politics: Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, , 1996 Stanford University Press
Required Reading
2007 Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form, , 2007 Belknap Press
2007 Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form, , 2007 Belknap Press
Required Reading
2010 . Reading Modernist Poetry Wiley-Blackwell
2010 . Reading Modernist Poetry Wiley-Blackwell
Required Reading
2000 A Companion to Romanticism, London Blackwell
2000 A Companion to Romanticism, London Blackwell
Module Resources
Non ISBN Literary Resources
Non ISBN Literary Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbYS75k404Y
Talk on youtube by Sir Jonathan Bate on the Cockney Romantics
Bennett, Asley. “Shameful signification: Narrative and Feeling in Jane Eyre”. NARRATIVE, vol.18, no.3, 2010 WOMEN’S STUDIES, vol.4, no.1, Jan.2005
Cory, Abbie. “Out of my Brother’s Power. Gender, Class and Rebellion in Wuthering Heights.”
Morteza Jafari. “Freud’s Uncanny: the role of the double in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights”. Victorian Newsletter 118, pp.43-53
Young, Arlene. “The Monster Within: The Alien Self in Jane Eyre and Frankenstein”. Studies in the Novel, 23.3 (Fall 1991), 325-38
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Additional Information
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