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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Philology |
| Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
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| North American Literature through its Texts |
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| Identifying Data | 2018/19 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | North American Literature through its Texts | Code | 613G03047 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Fourth | Optional | 4.5 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Competencies | Description | Qualification |
| Oral presentation | A6 A10 A11 A14 A15 A16 | Students work in groups (up to 4 students max.), and present a topic to the class. From a list provided by the instructor, students choose one particular author and text which is NOT included in the required readings list. This is a power point presentation. They are required to provide, at least, the following information: brief plot summary; critical reception of work (minimum of a possitive and a negative review); an interview with the author (if and when possible); information from a chapter of a book; they can also include some visual material (such as a clip from the film adaptation, a clip from a documentary, or news from the media).For the presentation students are encouraged to use some cards with notes, make sure it is cohesive and well organized, and pay special attention to their communicative skills. |
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| Short answer questions | A2 A7 A8 A18 A19 | This is an "identify-quizz type" test. Students are expected to provide brief and to the point responses. From a list, students should identify an item, a recurrent expression, a metaphor, a proper name, a setting or a particular statement from the required readings. The idea is to go from the very particular to the more general. Students should comment on the reasons why they think that particular word or words are relevant to the whole text. |
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| Long answer / essay questions | B1 B2 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 C2 C3 C4 | Students should show they have a good grasp of English. They have to express their ideas clearly and coherently. Since this is a comparative essay, students have to choose from several options, and provide a well organized essay where they make their points clear at the same time they support their ideas with evidence (quotations) from the text. Essay needs and introduction, a body and a conclusion. This is NOT a descriptive task, and I am not expecting to read your class notes, but hear your own voice, and learn from your personal and creative reading of the texts/themes required. Essay is based on information from required readings. Previous to the comparative essay, and to familiarize students with scientific/academic paper style, they will be asked to write a take-home short essay on a selection of texts and authors. |
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| Workshop | C6 C7 | 2 Quotations Tests (10 points + 10 points). Based on the experience gained through "Quotation Workshop", students are prepared to pass TWO in-class tests where they are asked to focus on ONE particular quotation, and provide a close reading. This is NOT a descriptive question (no plot-summary), but a question where the student is supposed to read critically. Quotations are selected from the required readings. Students are provided several choices (up to four). Due date for Quotations tests will be March and May (to be announced in Course Pack) . Students are expected to respond to the following questions: Do you think this quotation is relevant to the whole text? Why? Why not? |
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Students should pass ALL the tests/assignments to get a final grade. Those who fail any given test, and whose average grade is below the passing grade (50 points) will have to sit for July exam. The July test has the following sections: 1) "Identify-Quizz" brief, simple questions to choose from a list given. Students should provide brief and accurate definitions. 2) One or more quotations from the required readings (Students should identify work and author as well as provide a close reading; analyze form, structure, language used, theme/s, setting, or particularities about gender, race, etc. Students should respond to the following questions: Do you think this quotation is relevant to the text? Why? Why not?. 3) A comparative essay (introduction, body and conclusion) from the required readings. Students should provide evidence from the texts. Students are allowed to bring their reading material to the classroom. You do not need to memorize for this exercise. You need to read critically and write coherently. In all cases, students are given several options. Students will be asked to sit for an oral test (specific content to be announced, but always related to required readings). Written work may be tested through Turnitin in order to detect wrong citations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the rules for plagiarism will beapplied. (Normas de avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario). Turnitin recognises papers previously turned in by other people (or the student herself/himself) at this university or other universities. PART TIME STUDENTS. Students who are officially allowed to attend only part-time and have been granted official dispensation from attending should contact instructor throughout the first TWO weeks of semester to discuss the specificities. Students can contact instructor via e-mail (maria.frias@udc.es), but a personal appointment is needed too. If students could not be able to sit for any of the tests required, they should contact me as soon as possible, to try and solve the problem. STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. Students who might need special attention and/or suffer from any kind of dissability (whether physical, psychological or socio-cultural) should contact ADI (Unidad Universitaria de Atención a la Diversidade): adi@udc.es |
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