| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 x 1-hour lectures |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 9 x 1-hour seminars |
| Workload Breakdown | Lecture and seminar attendance - 14 hours; lecture and seminar preparation (research and reading) - 36 hours; essay research and preparation - 25 hours; exam preparation - 25 hours. |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Continuous assessment One 1,500-word essay | 40% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written exam (2 essay questions, equally weighted) | 60% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted (2 essay questions, equally weighted). 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted (3 essay questions, equally weighted). | 100% |
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an ability to read in depth and critically assess literary and cinematic texts.
2. Demonstrate an ability to contextualise critical debates on the issues of outsiders in fiction.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of and engagement with the historical, cultural and political contexts and meanings of works of fiction and film.
The aim of this additional option module is to examine literary and cinematic depictions of key moments of German culture and history of the 18th to 20th century. Authors and film-makers have often used outsider characters to comment critically on a variety of topics, and hence narratives of outsiders prove to be both popular and significant in German literature and film. It is thus that the examination of rebel characters allows us to open new avenues of exploring contemporary views of political and social circumstances as well as their adherent narrative strategies. The objectives of this module are to provide students with critical reading skills, and to provide an overview over socio-political issues relevant in 18th to 20th century Germany
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Possibly, evaluation of statistical data in the secondary reading. |
| Communication | Oral communication developed in seminars; written communication developed in assessments and exam. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be able to assess their own progress week by week through their increased understanding of the issues raised and the skills developed. |
| Information Technology | Use of on-line journals and source collections; delivery of course materials and information via email and e-learning system. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Acquisition of transferable skills; in-depth acquaintance with literary / cultural studies as an academic subject. |
| Problem solving | Selection of appropriate reading material; development of evaluative analysis and critical skills and formulation of detailed arguments; answering questions posed by written assessment; seminar work. |
| Research skills | Preparation of written assessment; preparation for seminars; detailed analysis of literary texts and contexts. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Acquisition of German linguistic skills and detailed analysis of literary and cinematic texts and wider cultural contexts. |
| Team work | Debates and group presentations in seminars. |
This module is at CQFW Level 5