LT182-4-AU-CO:
Close Reading Skills
2015/16
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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26 February 2009
Requisites for this module
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BA Q300 English Literature,
BA Q320 English Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q321 English Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA PQ32 Film Studies and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW26 Film Studies and Literature
This half module must be taken in either the autumn or the spring term. LT181 Writing Skills half module must also be taken. For example if you take LT181 in the autumn term then you must take this module LT182 in the spring term or vice versa.
The module is designed to lead to a deeper understanding of what is involved in close reading and how it contributes to the holistic appreciation of meaning and significance in a diverse range of texts. Seminars will be organised in two parts, with the shorter first part more topic-focussed and tutor-led, while the second part will be text-focussed and student-led. The emphasis is on students actively doing the close reading. The module will address itself principally to the topic: How to read a text closely. Each week, students will be introduced in a two-hour seminar to an unseen text, which they will be asked to explicate.
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A two-hour seminar each week.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay (Autumn) |
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90% |
| Practical |
Class Participation mark |
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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 2000-2500 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 Jordan 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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