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Reading Literature 2 (Q3279F)

Reading Literature 2

Module Q3279F

Module details for 2025/26.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 3 (sub-degree)

Module Outline

The module builds on the skills developed in 'Reading Literature 1', retaining a sustained emphasis on textual analysis as a key academic skill. It adds an increased engagement with the critical context of the literary works studied; you will explore how scholars have responded to these works and develop your own critical responses to both the literary works themselves and to the critical debates they have inspired. Finally, we will consider the social, cultural, and historical fabric from which literary texts emerge and which they both respond to and shape, and interrogate the relationship of text and context.

Full Module Description

The module builds on the skills developed in 'Reading Literature 1', retaining a sustained emphasis on textual analysis as a key academic skill. It adds an increased engagement with the critical context of the literary works studied; you will explore how scholars have responded to these works and develop your own critical responses to both the literary works themselves and to the critical debates they have inspired. Finally, we will consider the social, cultural, and historical fabric from which literary texts emerge and which they both respond to and shape, and interrogate the relationship of text and context.

Module learning outcomes

Demonstrate appropriate skills to research and present a critical project on a literary topic

Understand and apply common critical methods and basic theoretical frameworks to the analysis of literary texts.

Apply appropriate academic skills to research, plan and write a well-structured essay on a literary topic

TypeTimingWeighting
Coursework100.00%
Coursework components. Weighted as shown below.
PresentationT2 Week 11 (20 minutes)30.00%
EssayA2 Week 2 70.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

TermMethodDurationWeek pattern
Spring SemesterONLINE LECTURE1 hour1111111111
Spring SemesterSeminar2 hours11111111111
Spring SemesterLecture1 hour11111111111

How to read the week pattern

The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.

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