LT161-4-AU-CO:
Introduction to United States Literature
2015/16
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
10 June 2008
Requisites for this module
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BA T700 American Studies (United States),
BA T708 American Studies (United States) (Including Year Abroad),
BA T7P3 American Studies (United States) with Film,
BA T7W6 American Studies (United States) with Film (Including Year Abroad),
BA QT37 English and United States Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA T720 English and United States Literature
What is U.S. literature? What makes writing in the U.S. different from other writing in the English language - and, in particular, different from writing in the U.K? The aim of this course is to offer possible answers to these questions by looking at some of the classic texts regarded as establishing U.S. literature as a separate literature from English. Students are advised to obtain as many of the prescribed texts as they can and to read some of them before the start of the academic year. The authors, topics and texts are listed in the order in which they will be discussed. Any editions of the prescribed texts are acceptable, as long as they are complete and unabridged, apart from Whitman's Leaves of Grass, which needs to be the 1855 edition, edited by Malcolm Cowley (Penguin).
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Compulsory for 1st Yr BA English and United States Literature and 1st Yr BA American (U.S.) Studies
1 hour lecture + 1 hour class per week
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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90% |
| Practical |
Class Participation |
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10% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Additional coursework information
The Essay will have 1500-2000 words
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Jak Peake, Dr J Savage
LiFTS Taught Team - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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Dr James Richard Procter
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Reader in Modern English and Postcolonial Literatures
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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