Module Details

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Title BRITISH WRITING SINCE 1945: FICTION AND DRAMA
Code ENGL314
Coordinator Dr DJ O'Connor
English
D.Oconnor2@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 6 FHEQ First Semester 30

Aims

The aims of this module are broadly to introduce students to a range of post-war British writing, and to promote the study of literary expression in contemporary British literature in its political and social contexts. The module aims to consider the literature of this period in a broad cultural and political context, and ask how forms of modern and contemporary identity are represented and contested within the literature and culture of the period, as well as exploring the relations between literary genres, particularly fiction and drama.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) By the end of this module, students will be able to: demonstrate an informed appreciation of a broad range of post-war and recent British writing

(LO2) Think fruitfully about different literary genres, their uses, interactions and transformations

(LO3) Discuss texts in relation to their political, social, psychic and cultural contexts

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S3) Research skills - All Information skills


Syllabus

 

Topics covered will typically include:

Englishness, Britishness and changing notions of national identity, Legacies of empire and immigration,

The impact of the Cold War and Thatcherism,

Capitalism, decadence, and excess,

Imaginative responses to WWII Drama of the 1950s-60s,

Experimental writing/drama,

Sexuality, gender and the body and

Regional writing.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Whole-cohort, synchronous or asynchronous session x2
Description: 1 hour (x2) Designed to both convey textual and contextual information to students, and also to provide examples of making arguments and the reading of texts.
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 2 - Synchronous, small group session
Description: A 1 hour session potentially composed of group discussion, individual tasks, talks from the tutor, close readings, and pre-class project work presentations.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           11

22

33
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 267
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Take-home exam Assessment 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) Assessed Essay One two-question exam Standard UoL late submission applies    50       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1         
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When): First Semester    50       

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.