LT203-5-FY-CO:
United States Literature Since 1850
2016/17
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
30
02 July 2002
Requisites for this module
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BA QT37 English and United States Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA T720 English and United States Literature,
BA T723 English and United States Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA PQ32 Film Studies and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW26 Film Studies and Literature,
BA QW27 Film Studies and Literature (Including Placement Year)
This module examines some of the major texts, problems, and issues of United States literature since the middle of the nineteenth century. Attention will be focused, first and last, on the individual texts. However, these texts will be discussed with reference to such issues as the relationship between American writing and American history and wider culture, American 'difference' and differences within American society, nationalism and regionalism, and conflicts of race and gender. The first term will consist of canonical texts that all the classes will study, while in the second term classes will study a range of different directions from across the varied spectrum of U.S. literature.
See ORB for full details.
No information available.
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Available to those who already have some foundation in nineteenth-century US literature.
Compulsory for:
BA English and United States Literature students, BA United States and Latin American Literature students
Weekly lecture (one hour) and weekly class (of one hour).
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 (2,000 words) |
19/01/2017 |
30% |
| Coursework |
Essay 2 (3,500 - 4,000 words) |
27/04/2017 |
60% |
| Practical |
Class Participation Mark |
|
10% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
Additional coursework information
Essay 1 will have 2000 words; Essay 2 will have 3500-4000 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 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 89 hours, 89 (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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