| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
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| Literatura Norteamericana 1 |
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| Identifying Data | 2013/14 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Literatura Norteamericana 1 | Code | 613G03024 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Third | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Description | Qualification |
| Supervised projects | One essay requiring an original and critical analysis of selected texts. Essay tpic will be chosen in consultation with me. If necessary, the student will be asked to revise his/her essay in order to improve his/her mark. The essay will be worth 50% of your final grade. It must be handed in before the end of the class sessions. The length of the essay is 1500 words. Depth and originality of analysis, as well as consistency and coherence of argumentation, are required. An appropriate level of English is essential. No work will be accepted after the set hand-in date which will be the last day of class. |
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| Document analysis | A final exam covering all course work. This will be 35% of your final grade. The exam consists of two short essay questions in which students will be required to analyze selected primary texts on the basis of set topics. Close reading of the texts is essential. | 35 |
| Directed discussion | Class participation in discussion of texts with short written exercises in response to set readings, both primary and secondary. Short class activities of this sort will be set every week. All exercises and activities will be graded and will form part cumulatively of the 15% awarded in total for this part of your course work. | 15 |
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All evaluated work must score at least 4/10. You must do at least 50% of the work required to be eligible for a final grade. If you fail to pass either the final exam or your essays, these parts must be repeated in the July exam period. Your final grade will be made up in equal parts of the essay and the final exam (50% each). Students with special leave must hand in and pass all written work (1 essay and final exam). In this case, your final grade will be awarded on the basis of the following percentages: 50% essay and 50% final exam. |
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