139724

Literary Revolutions: Romantic and Victorian Literature

A study of literary culture in Britain and the Pacific during the Romantic and Victorian periods. This course explores relationships between poetry, novels, travel writing and political treatises in the period, focusing on the distinctive nature of literary engagements with contemporary social and political upheavals.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

139724

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

700-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

30

Subject

English

Course planning information

General progression requirements

You may enrol in a postgraduate course (that is a 700-, 800- or 900-level course) if you meet the prerequisites for that course and have been admitted to a qualification which lists the course in its schedule.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Demonstrate an advanced understanding of ways in which eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature is embedded in and shapes social, cultural and political contexts, both nationally, and within an international context.
  • 2 Demonstrate an advanced understanding of how genres operate in relation to social, cultural, and political contexts.
  • 3 Demonstrate an advanced understanding of some of the key developments/revolutions in late eighteenth and nineteenth century literary culture in Britain and the Pacific.
  • 4 Demonstrate an advanced understanding of some of the central debates of these periods as expressed in various literary contexts, in particular those about human rights, empire, gender, and the social role of emotion.
  • 5 Demonstrate an ability to conduct basic archival research related to Romantic and/or Victorian literature using electronic resources.

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Assessments

Assessment Learning outcomes assessed Weighting
Written Assignment 1 3 4 10%
Written Assignment 1 2 3 4 35%
Written Assignment 4 5 10%
Written Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 45%

Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.

You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.

Explanation of assessment types

Computer programmes
Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
Creative compositions
Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
Exam (centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
Oral or performance or presentation
Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
Participation
You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
Portfolio
Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
Practical or placement
Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
Simulation
Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
Test
Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
Written assignment
Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.

Textbooks needed

Textbooks can change. We recommend you wait until at least seven weeks before the semester starts to buy your textbooks.

Compulsory

FELIX HOLT: THE RADICAL

Author
GEORGE ELIOT
ISBN
9780140434354
Edition
ED. LYNDA MUGGLESTONE
Publisher
PENGUIN CLASSICS

MANSFIELD PARK

Author
JANE AUSTEN
ISBN
9780141439808
Edition
ED. KATHRYN SUTHERLAND
Publisher
PENGUIN

THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE

Author
MARY PRINCE
ISBN
9780140437492
Edition
ED. SARA SALIH
Publisher
PENGUIN

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