Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 3 hour sessions |
Seminars / Tutorials | Individual 10-minute 'feedback tutorial' per written assignment submitted |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay 1 - 1 x 2,500 word essay | 25% |
Semester Assessment | Essay 2 - 1 x 2,500 word essay | 25% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 1,500 word document analysis | 10% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours (1 x 2 hour exam) | 40% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 1 - 1 x 2,500 word supplementary (resit) essay | 25% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 2 -1 x 2,500 word supplementary (resit) essay | 25% |
Supplementary Assessment | 1 x 1,500 word supplementary (resit) document analysis | 10% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours 1 x 2 hour supplementary (resit) examination | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Display an understanding of the concept of Romanticism and be able to reflect critically on the concept of Welsh national identity at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries.
Comprehend and assess the different historical debates and analyses evident in related texts, ranging from the eighteenth century to more recent scholarly works.
Read, analyse and assess a range of different types of historical evidence, including literary evidence.
Express understanding and discuss related issues through writing in an academic context.
Work independently and as part of a group and take an active part in group discussions.
Brief description
Content
This module is taught in ten-three hour seminars. The seminar titles are as follows:
1. Introduction
2. Romanticism: definitions and context
3. Pre-Romanticism: the Morris brothers and the London-Welsh societies
4. Iolo Morganwg
5. Iolo Morganwg and the politics of forgery
6. Druids, bards and the Gorsedd
7. Development of Welsh radical tradition
8. The invention of Welshness
9. The growth of Nonconformity
10. The Impact of the Blue Books controversy
Aims
Special Subjects provide third-year students with an opportunity to study a particular period in great depth and partly on the basis of primary sources. They are intensively taught, and particularly high standards of precision, creativity and knowledge are expected from students. Together with the dissertation and the general historical problems module, they provide final-year students with an opportunity to demonstrate the maturation of their historical and other skills and of their intellectual sensitivity. The range of special subjects reflects the range of teaching and research interests on the part of departmental staff. As in other core courses, a wide choice of periods and approaches is made available.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | N/A |
Communication | Read a wide range of both primary and secondary texts; improve listening skills during the lectures, and consequently develop skills in note taking; demonstrate and develop the ability to communicate ideas in two essays; skills in oral presentation will be developed in seminars. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Show awareness of own learning styles, personal preferences and needs; devise and apply realistic learning and self management strategies; devise a personal action plan to include short and long-term goals and to develop personal awareness of how to improve on these. |
Information Technology | Students will be encouraged to locate suitable material on the web and to access information on CD-Roms and to apply it appropriately to their own work. Students will also be encouraged to word-process their work. These skills will not be formally assessed. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Develop awareness of personal skills, beliefs and qualities in relation to course in progression; plan and prepare for future course / career. |
Problem solving | Identify problems and factors which might influence potential solutions; develop creative thinking approaches to problem solving; evaluate advantages and disadvantages of potential solutions. |
Research skills | Understand a range of research methods and plan and carry out research; produce academically appropriate pieces of written work. |
Subject Specific Skills | Develop a knowledge of, and familiarity with, a range of different sources from eighteenth and early nineteenth century Wales, including unpublished and published documents; develop the ability to use appropriate historical research tools effectively. |
Team work | Understand the concept of group dynamics; contribute to the setting of group goals; contribute effectively to the planning of group activities; play an active part in group activities (e.g. short group presentations in seminars); evaluate group activities and own contribution. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6