Module Details |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | ALL POINTS NORTH: LITERATURE AND THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, 1840-PRESENT | ||
Code | ENGL391 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr MPA Davies Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine Michael.Davies@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2022-23 | Level 6 FHEQ | First Semester | 15 |
Aims |
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To introduce students to a broad range of ‘Northern’ texts (fiction, autobiography, poetry, drama, and film), and to consider literary 'Northernness' across its range and breadth, from the 1840s to the present. To examine how life in ‘The North’ is represented in literature, what stereotypes stand within it, and how they are treated by writers. To address ‘regionalism’, and how ‘regional identity’ is figured in English literature. To assess the social and political issues surrounding ‘Northern’ writers and their works over the last century and a half, in terms of class, gender, region, and ethnicity. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Acquire, develop, and demonstrate knowledge of the literary culture of the North of England (its writers, its forms, its issues) from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. |
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(LO2) Recognise literature’s relation to ‘regionalism’ and the concerns surrounding literature from or about the North of England (e.g. in terms of social change, industrialisation, class, gender, and ethnicity). |
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(LO3) Research, read, and think both independently and sensitively about the works studied at a specialised level. |
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(LO4) Assess and discuss some of the key critical debates related to this module's texts, authors, and topics. |
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(LO5) Analyse and discuss a range of texts (fiction, drama, poetry, autobiography) in terms of their literary style, significance, and contexts, putting into practice advanced skills in textual analysis, critical reading, and writing. |
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(LO6) Evaluate and communicate both your own and others’ ideas. |
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(S1) Written communication skills (style & argument, presentation & referencing) |
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(S2) Oral communication skills (speaking, listening, arguing, persuading) |
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(S3) Critical thinking and analytical skills |
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(S4) Project planning & development |
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(S5) Time management, discipline, & organisation |
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(S6) Team working & co-operating/communicating with others |
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(S7) Research skills (including identification and use of Library resources, and accessing online databases/research tools) |
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(S8) IT skills (including word processing and the use of online resources and electronic media) |
Syllabus |
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This module will examine a selection of works set in the North of England written between the mid-nineteenth century and the present, encompassing a variety of literary forms and genres. Following a broadly chronological structure, students will typically study the following subjects and texts: The Victorian North: Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights , and the industrial north of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton Northern Drama: Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice and Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey The 1930s and the ‘Great Depression’: George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier Northern ‘realist’ fiction and cinema of the 1950s and ’60s: Keith Waterhouse’s Billy Liar and Barry Hines’s A Kestrel for a Knave , or Kes ( the title of Ken Loach’s acclaimed film) Literature and the ‘post-industrial’ north of the 1980s and 1990s: from the poetry of Tony Harrison and Simon Ar mitage, to the stage-plays and films, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright and Ayub Khan-Din's East is East . Students are also encouraged to explore the writings of other authors not covered in the seminars, by way of preparation for the assessed essay, and to evaluate the merits of film adaptations of the core texts, where possible/available. |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Seminar Teaching Method 2 - Group Project Teaching Method 3 - Othe
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Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
22 |
5.5 1 |
28.5 | ||||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 121.5 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
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Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 1 | 0 | 100 |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |