LT193-4-AU-CO:
Critical Writing: The Essay
2016/17
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
10 December 2013
Requisites for this module
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BA Q300 English Literature,
BA Q303 English Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA Q320 English Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q321 English Literature (Including Year Abroad)
This is a one-term module for First Year students.
The focus of this module is the critical essay: the main form of academic writing undertaken by students in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies. Students will prepare a number of short assignments on a single literary text, as a way of improving their essay-writing skills. This will involve practising the strategies and techniques required in critical writing (e.g. planning, use of terminology, constructing an argument, presentation of evidence, use of secondary reading, use of footnotes and bibliography, etc.).
The module will also offer students the opportunity to consider "the essay" as a specific form of writing, and to engage with essays by professional critics as a way of further enhancing their own work.
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Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Final Mark for 1-3 Term Time Assignments |
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60% |
| Coursework |
Term-time Assignment 1 (750-1,000 words) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Term-time Assignment 2 (750-1,000 words) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Term-time Assignment 3 (750-1,000 words) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Final Essay (2,000-2,500 words) |
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35% |
| Practical |
Class Participation |
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5% |
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 Roger Moss
LiFTS General Office - 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
Of 37 hours, 37 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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