Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4313157 Advanced English Studies | OT | 0 | 0 |
-Students should be interested in reading classic and modern texts
-Previous knowledge and reading of English and American literature
To understand the deep changes that have affected novels and short stories between the late 19th century and the beginning of 21st century. The course will be focused on one of the greatest themes in Western literature: the links between love and death.
1. Henry James, 'The Aspern Papers' (1888)
2. William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
3. James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room (1956)
4. Louise Erdrich, Tracks (1988)
5. Toni Morrison, Jazz (1992)
6. Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019)
The sessions are very dynamic and we expect the students' contribution to in-class debates and discussions of both primary and secondary sources. Participation and attendance are extremely important.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Textual analysis, interpretation, debates. | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading of primary and secondary sources | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 5, 6, 8, 10 |
Students will be assessed with a series of exercises:
-An essay written in class 20%
-A final paper 30%
-4 short essays with several questions to choose from 40%
-Participation: debates, discussions and oral presentations 10%
On carrying out each assessment activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 40% of the assessment items.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Re-assessment:
Re-assessment for this subject requires a content-synthesis test, for which the following conditions are applicable:
-The student must previously have submitted a minimum of two-thirds of the course-assessment items.
-The student must previously have obtained an average overall grade equal to or higher than 3.5.
-The student must previously have passed 50% of the subject’s assessment requirements.
-The maximum grade than can be obtained through re-assessment is 7.0.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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4 short essays | 40% | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 |
Final paper | 30% | 18 | 0.72 | 1, 2, 3, 9, 5, 6, 8, 10 |
In-class essay | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 9, 8 |
Participation | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 3, 4, 9, 7 |
This is only a selection of some background bibliography. As the course progresses, students will receive other author/topic-specific bibliography.
FIEDLER, Leslie. Love and Death in the American Novel. New York: Stein and Day, 1975.
GRAY, Richard. A History of American Literature. Malden: Blackwell, 2004.
KALAIDJIAN, Walter. The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
LAMB, R.P. A Companion to American Fiction 1865-1914. Malden: Blackwell, 2005.
ROUGEMONT, Denis de. Love in the Western World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.
SOLLORS, Werner. A New Literary History of America. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
This subject does not require specific computer equipment.