Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 20 x 1 Hour Lectures |
| Seminar | 10 x 1 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Exam | 1.5 Hours 1.5 hour examination | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | 2,500-word essay | 50% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1.5 Hours Resit Exam Students who fail the module will be required to make good any missing elements and/or resubmit any failed coursework assignments (writing on a fresh topic), and/or sit a supplementary exam paper | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an awareness of a variety of reading strategies appropriate to different narrative forms
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which literary and/or film narratives function
3. Structure effective comparative textual analyses
4, Demonstrate an understanding of issues involved in the adaptation of the literary text
Brief description
This module will explore pairs of texts under two headings: Re-Writing and Re-Visioning. Over the course of the module, six texts - including short stories, a play, a film and two novels - will be studied. The module will explore issues of perspectives and vision, particularly in relation to the shift between the written word, the stage play and the film, as well as issues of genre and trope. Ranging from traditional fairy tales to contemporary film, this module covers a broad range of texts to exemplify the varied ways in which issues of intertextuality, adaptation, and literary context have been understood. The module develops skills in comparative analysis which will form a key element of the assessment tasks for this module.
Content
1. Introduction to Re-Visioning
2. Fairy Tales
3. Angela Carter, Bloody Chamber 1
4. Angela Carter, Bloody Chamber 2
5. To be arranged
6. Comparative: from Short Stories to Screenplay
7. Workshop: Story and Film
8. Myths
9. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus 1
10. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus 2
11. Julie Taymor, Titus
12. Comparative: from Page to Performance
13. Workshop: Play and Film
14. Taking Stock: Different Ways of Seeing
15. Introduction to Rewritings
16. Lives
17.Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre 1
18. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre 2
19. Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
20. Comparative: Rewriting Identities
21. Workshop: Bronte and Rhys
22. Conclusions
Seminars:
1 & 2 Introduction
3 & 4 Carter, Bloody Chamber
5 & 6 Jordan, Company of Wolves
7 & 8 Comparing Bloody Chamber and Company of Wolves
8 & 10 Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
11 & 12 Taymor, Titus
13 & 14 Comparing Tituses
15 & 16 Reflecting and Revising
17 & 18 Bronte, Jane Eyre
19 & 20 Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
21 & 22 Comparing Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | n/a |
| Communication | (written) By developing a sustained critical argument (oral) Through group discussions and seminar presentations (n/a) |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Through independent research and reading |
| Information Technology | By using word-processing packages and making use of Blackboard and other e-resources to research and access course documents and other materials |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Through increased critical self-reflection (see Seminar 6) and the development of transferable, ICT, communication, and research skills |
| Problem solving | By evaluative analysis and critical skills |
| Research skills | By independent research and synthesizing information in an evaluative argument |
| Subject Specific Skills | Through reading and writing skills, and the study of literary texts. Introductory critical/theoretical analysis of literary and film texts and evaluation of broad intellectual concepts. Comparative textual analysis |
| Team work | Through group work in seminars and through the preparation of group presentations in seminars |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4