Module Information
Module Identifier
EN32120
Module Title
THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES
Academic Year
2009/2010
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 20 Hours. Seminar. 10 x 2 hr seminar workshops |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2 essays (2,500 words each) Continuous Assessment: | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Brief description
Offers not only the opportunity to study a particular genre, but will also enable students to make a detailed study of a particular moment of cultural history. It will concentrate on sensation novels by Wilkie Collins, Mrs Henry (Ellen) Wood and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. But some participants may also wish to look at the work of 'Ouida', Rhoda Broughton or Charles Reade. We shall explore the senation novel's links with melodrama, crime reporting, and other popular forms, and look at the way in which 'mainstream' authors, such as George Eliot or Charles Dickens, used some of the techniques and concerns of the sensationalists.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6