| Module Identifier |
IPM7930 |
| Module Title |
DELWEDDU CYMRU (IMAGING WALES) |
| Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Richard W Jones |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Other staff |
Ms Elin Royles |
| Course delivery |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hour seminars |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 4000 word essay | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 4000 word essay | 50% |
|
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Discuss and analyse developments in the conception of Welsh 'identity' and the Welsh 'nation' in Welsh literature.
2. Describe, analyse and compare some of the main themes in Welsh and Anglo-Welsh literature in the twentieth century.
3. Demonstrate, through written work and seminar discussion, the ability to discuss and evaluate different approaches to the history of the modern Welsh woman.
4. Critically assess and evaluate key issues and themes in Welsh visual culture.
5. Identify images of Wales and its people on film and evaluate the implications of these images to understandings of 'Wales' and 'Welshness'.
Brief description
This module aims to provide an examination of developments in the imaging of Wales in a variety of cultural forms. It discusses perceptions of Welsh identity and the 'nation' in Welsh literature, including Welsh and Anglo-Welsh literature, in the visual arts and images of Wales and its people on film, predominantly from the twentieth century to date.
Content
1. Setting the conceptual context
Literature in Wales
2. 'Identity' and 'nation' in 20th century literature of Wales
3. 'Identity' and 'nation' in 21st century literature of Wales
4. Welsh Women writing in Wales
5. An alternative Welsh identity - Welsh American Literature
6. Two languages, one literature? One country, two literatures? Welsh and the Anglo-Welsh literature
Welsh Visual Art
7. Imagining the nation: building the foundations at the end of 19th century Wales
8. Visual art and imaging the nation in 20th century Wales
Film
9. Imaging Wales and its people on film 20th Century
10. Imaging Wales and its people on film 21st Century
Module Skills
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7