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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
 Subjects |
| Literatura Norteamericana 2 |
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| Identifying Data | 2014/15 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Literatura Norteamericana 2 | Code | 613G03035 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Description | Qualification |
| Short answer questions | Short, in-class exercises set every week when possible. They will consist of short quizzes, text identification and short personal responses to specific sections of the set texts. Class participation and voluntary group presentations will also form part of this percentage in order to boost a student's marks. | 15 |
| Long answer / essay questions | 1. Two essays (750-1000 words & 1000-1250 words) on a subject of the student's choice in consultation with the teacher or based on a set question list that I will hand out. Hand-in dates will be set in consultation with the class. No essay will be accepted after the hand-in date. The essays will count for 50% (20% the first essay & 30% the second) of your mark. 2. A short review and commentary of a work of literature of the period chosen from a list that will be handed out at the beginning of the course. You will be expected to provide a short summary and critical commentary on the work in question. This includes both a personal response to the text and a consideration of its importance within the literature of its period and context. This review-essay is worth 15% of your final marks. |
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| Document analysis | Final exam requiring response to one of two essay questions. 20% of final mark. | 20 |
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Students must score at least 4/10 in all set work in order to be eligible for a final grade. Failure to do so means that you must repeat the exercise for the July examination period, except for the in-class work. Students with official leave must do all the work except for the in-class exercises. That is, the essays (50% of final mark) and the the review-commentary (15%) and the final exam (35%). The same percentages will apply to those students who opt for the July exam period. |
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