| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 5 fortnightly one hour lectures |
| Seminars / Tutorials | Weekly 1.5 hour seminars/workshops |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2 x 2000 word essays. One essay will ask for literary analysis based on one set of the seminar texts. The other will require students to investigate a particular topic, theme or issue in relation to the literature on the module. | 60% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Two essays on two seminar topics NOT already examined in the essays | 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit or resit failed elements and/or make good any missing elements | 60% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Resubmit or resit failed elements and/or make good any missing elements | 40% |
At the end of the module student should be able to demonstrate:
1. an analytical approach to the literary texts set for study and a critical attitude towards published scholarship on the subject of those texts;
2. an ability to analyse the forces at work in forming a literary canon and in calling it into question;
3. an ability to conduct elementary research and to develop writing skills through conducting different sorts of assignments;
4. an ability to develop small group work within seminars and to make individual and group presentations;
5. an ability to employ rhetorical skills of effective communication in written essays and in oral discussion.
This module introduces students to a range of twentieth century American literature, from the writings of late nineteenth-century immigrants to the multicultural voices of the late twentieth century. It focuses on the differences between the myths and realities of American experience and investigates the relationship between literature and society. Attention is paid to both genre and to the issues that have preoccupied many American writers. For students taking American Studies, it will develop the skills and knowledge required for the interdisciplinary study of American culture at Part II.
This module is at CQFW Level 4