Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 10 x 2 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x seminar journal report on oral discussion | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 1,500 word document analysis | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | (Resit) 1 x 1,500 word document analysis ( lieu of journal) | 25% |
| Supplementary Assessment | (Resit) 1 x 1,500 word document analysis | 25% |
| Supplementary Assessment | (Resit) 1 x 2,500 word essay | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1) Identify and discuss a body of historical knowledge in the field of the early modern British Isles; and relate that to cognate knowledge relating to earlier and later historical periods
2) Identify, discuss and analyse comparative perspectives on the history of these islands and the place of the terms ‘gender’, ‘identity’ and ‘crisis’ when studying them
3) Read, analyse and reflect critically on secondary and primary texts from the Elizabethan renaissance as these pertain to the question of gender identity.
Brief description
This module and HQ35320 use the experience of gender in Britain between the reigns of Henry VIII and Charles II as a ‘case study’, drawing on the relatively familiar political history of the period to enable students to explore its gendered implications through study of key episodes and examples. This module concentrates on the period down to the reign of James VI
Content
2. Why gender? Why the Early Modern period?
3. Did Women Have a Renaissance?
4. The body in art, medicine and religion
5. The Household in practice, and as political metaphor
6. The demographic and economic contexts
7. Warfare and masculinity: the case of Shakespeare’s Henry V
8. Domestic warfare: The Taming of the Shrew
9. 1603: A new King, and Queen, Anne of Denmark as patron and role model
10. A new Prince: Prince Henry and the construction of Jacobean manhood
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Written communication skills will be developed through the coursework and written examination; skills in oral presentation will be developed in seminars but are not formally assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be advised on how to improve research and communication skills through the individual tutorial providing feedback on submitted coursework. |
| Information Technology | Students will be encouraged to locate suitable material on the web and to apply it appropriately to their own work. Students will also be expected to word-process their work and make use of Blackboard. These skills will not be formally assessed. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Students will develop a range of transferable skills, including time management and communication skills, which may help them identify their personal strengths as they consider potential career paths. |
| Problem solving | Students are expected to note and respond to historical problems which arise as part of the study of this subject area and to undertake suitable research for seminars and essays. |
| Research skills | Students will develop their research skills by reading a range of texts and evaluating their usefulness in preparation for the coursework and the written examination. |
| Subject Specific Skills | The use of contemporary primary source materials allows students to begin to familiarize themselves with a distinctive period language and vocabulary, and to reflect on its relationship with later, modern, English forms and usages, thus contributing to their self-awareness when preparing their own written assignments |
| Team work | Students will be expected to play an active part in group activities (e.g. short group presentations in seminars) and to learn to evaluate their own contribution to such activities. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6