ENGL08002 2022 English and Drama Symposium

Critically close read and review self-selected and thematic works for the module.

Demonstrate critical and contextual relationships of texts/readings/performance works to one another.

Evidence of critical approach/concepts and argumentation for self-selected case study.

Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of self-selected case study for public exhibition at ATU Literary and Drama Symposium.

Seminar, workshop, flash presentations.

Continuous Assessment and Participation – 40%

Students must pass this element of assessment to pass the module. This will include students demonstrating their research and case studies to peers, staff, experts in the field and further afield, including preparing methods of presenting research such as academic posters. It will also include sustained participation and attendance in class discussion, investigation and debate throughout the module.

Literary and Drama Symposium – 60%

Students must demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of their case study evidenced by preparation, presentation and participation as well as written evidence at the research seminars and exhibition of the work as part of the literary symposium or festival.

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is used for documentation and referencing in all formal academic submissions.

Repeat assessment will be decided based on failed components.

Critically close read and review self-selected and thematic works for the module

The student will develop their interdisciplinary reading skills on selected works for the module. Such skills will include narrative structures and techniques, style and genre, imagery, characterisation, and performance analysis. The student will be expected to apply critical and theoretical concepts to the works under consideration, focussing on academic rigour and creative and critical thinking.

Demonstrate critical and contextual relationships of texts/readings/performance works to one another

The student will build on and further develop their critical engagement with the intertextual and contextual relationships of literary/drama/applied works in terms of genre, theme, tradition and period. The student will demonstrate the ability to participate in class discussion and present effectively on the thematic subject matter of the module as well as the students own special case study.

Evidence of critical approach/concepts and argumentation for self-selected case study

The student will undertake a special case study of a writer, playwright, poet or performance text. The dedicated piece of work will examine the writer and the art works under a broad umbrella theme, concept, or particular approach identified by the student. The student will demonstrate a clear approach and rationale for the study in line with the learning acquired in the Research Methods module and with the dissertation project module. It is envisaged that the work of the seminar module will inform the breadth and the depth of the students' independent piece of work.

Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of self-selected case study for public exhibition at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) literary and drama symposium.

The English and Drama staff, along with students and local arts bodies will conduct a one-day public symposium, focussed on the themes evolved from the English and Drama Symposium module. The student is expected to plan, organise and showcase their case study.