Module Information
Module Identifier
WL35130
Module Title
WRITING CONTEMPORARY WALES
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Other Staff
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hours, of which 1hr will be conducted as a discussion-based literature seminar, one as a practice-based 'workshop' drawing on the relevant literary texts. |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
---|---|---|
Semester Assessment | 1 x 3000 word essay | 50% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 3000 word creative writing portfolio to include a commentary of 750-1000 words | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit failed and/or make good any missing elements | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate a detailed knowledge of a range of Welsh Writing in english from 2000-present day;
2. articulate this knowledge in the form of reasoned critical analysis of particular texts
3. locate the texts studied in appropriate literary, historical and cultural contexts;
4. explain, and engage with, relevant aspects of recent scholarly and/or critical debates about the texts studies;
5. produce informed and creative work drawing on the stylistic and/or thematic features of the texts studies.
Content
Each seminar comprises a close literary critical focus, and a related creative interpretation, intervention or adaptation exercise, around key themes and the relevant texts. `Cross-currents' in critical thinking are to be encouraged by approaching the texts from more than one thematic angle. Themes to be considered might be:
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Brief description
Each seminar comprises a close literary critical focus, and a related creative interpretation, intervention or adaptation exercise, around key themes and the relevant texts. `Cross-currents' in critical thinking are to be encouraged by approaching the texts from more than one thematic angle. Themes to be considered might be:
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Aims
Each seminar comprises a close literary critical focus, and a related creative interpretation, intervention or adaptation exercise, around key themes and the relevant texts. `Cross-currents' in critical thinking are to be encouraged by approaching the texts from more than one thematic angle. Themes to be considered might be:
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Urban/noir: eg. Sheepshagger, Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Landscape and ecology: eg. The Claude Glass, Sheepshagger
Memory and childhood: eg. The Hiding Place, Sugar and Slate, The Claude Glass
Documentary/lifewriting: eg. Dial M for Merthyr, Blue Sky July, Sugar and Slate
Developments in poetry: The Pterodactyl's Wing (two seminars)
Developments in the short story: Urban Welsh, Wales Half Welsh (two seminars)
Myth and cultural inheritance: eg. Mr Vogel, The Pterodactyl's Wing
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | n/a |
Communication | Written communication in the form of essays or portfolio or whatever the module contains. (Oral presentation, if applicable) Oral communication in seminars |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Use of electronic resources (discussion board and use of online media resources), production of written work |
Information Technology | Use of electronic resources (discussion board and use of online media resources), production of written work |
Personal Development and Career planning | No, except insofar as this module is related to a research, academic or writing career |
Problem solving | Formulating and developing an extended argument |
Research skills | Developing advanced study |
Subject Specific Skills | Detailed critical/ theoretical analysis of literary texts and evaluation of broad theoretical concepts. |
Team work | n/a |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6