Identifying Data 2015/16
Subject (*) Manifestacións artísticas e literarias dos países de fala inglesa Code 613505018
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Estudos Ingleses Avanzados e as súas Aplicacións (2013)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
 First Optativa 3
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Filoloxía Inglesa
Coordinador
Cabarcos Traseira, Maria Jesus
 E-mail
maria.jesus.cabarcos@udc.es
Lecturers
Cabarcos Traseira, Maria Jesus
 E-mail
maria.jesus.cabarcos@udc.es
Web http://www.imaes.eu/?page_id=31
General description Estudo das interaccións entre a literatura en lingua inglesa e outras manifestacións
artísticas no contexto anglófono, como pintura, teatro, televisión, cine, etc. Análise das
diferencias e similitudes temáticas e estéticas; estudo das particularidades, posibilidades e
límites das linguaxes empregadas; exemplos de incorporación de aspectos dunha disciplina
artística noutra diferente, contextualizados no caso dos países de fala inglesa.
A materia fai especial fincapé na aplicabilidade dos contidos en ámbitos profesionais
como a crítica cultural, ou a xestión de contidos culturais, para o que se proporcionará ao alumnado un vocabulario crítico axeitado e se lle ensinará a comentar e a escribir reseñas sobre manifestacións artísticas.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A9 E09 – Familiarity with the main models and resources in literary/cultural research in the English-speaking domain.
A10 E10 –Ability to use appropriate techniques for the analysis of artistic and cultural texts in the English-speaking domain.
A11 E11 – Ability to identify and analyse the most relevant characteristics of culture and institutions in the English-speaking world through the study of different types of texts belonging to different historical periods.
A13 E13 – Familiarity with the relationship between the main artistic and literary manifestations in the English-speaking domain.
B6 G01 –The capacity to delve into those concepts, principles, theories or models related with the different fields of English Studies is a necessary skill, as is the ability to solve specific problems in a particular field of study via appropriate methodology.
B7 G02 – Students must be capable of applying the knowledge acquired in the multidisciplinary and multifaceted area of English Studies
B9 G04 – Students must be able to publicly present their ideas, reports or experiences, as well as give informed opinions based on criteria, external norms or personal reflection. All of this implies having sufficient command of both oral and written academic and scientific language
B10 G05 – Skills related to research and the handling of new knowledge and information in the context of English Studies are to be acquired by students
B11 G06 – Students should be able to develop a critical sense in order to assess the relevance of both existing research in the fields of English Studies, and their own research.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
The student will be able to relate literary with other artistic texts and the social, economic, cultural and political context within which the literary ones were written and the visual (film, tv, painting) ones were produced. AR9
AR10
AR11
AR13
 BR6
BR7
The student will be able to read narrative, dramatic and artistic texts critically and to present his or her readings both orally and in writing. AR9
AR10
AR11
AR13
 BR6
BR7
BR9
BR10
BR11

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
The contents of this program may vary depending on the students' needs and interests. Means and opportunity will be defined for the students to express their preferences.
Painting and literature (ekphrasis). - Poetry.
- Narrative.
Viewing / reading: Frans Claerhout and Zakes Mda.
Film and literature - Film adaptation of literary classics.
- "Drover's wives" and Ned Kelly in history, literature and visual arts.
TV and literature.

 - Contemporary narrative TV classics.
- TV Series.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Workshop A9 A13 B9 14 35 49
ICT practicals A10 A11 B6 B7 B11 0 7 7
Supervised projects A9 A10 A11 A13 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 0 18 18
 
Personalized attention 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Workshop Class time will be used for the initial presentation of basic concepts and, mainly, for the analysis and debate of the previously assigned readings and viewings.
ICT practicals Each student is responsible for familiaring herself / himself with the assigned material--available at Moodle--and to be prepared for in-class debate and discussion.
Supervised projects Each student will complete a project which might consist of a critical analysis or the creation of original material about some Anglophone artistic visual and written manifestation. The format of the project will be decided definitevely after meeting the students and hearing their preferences.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Description
The teacher is available to supervise each student's work throughout the entire course.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Workshop A9 A13 B9 Active participation in every class activity, debate and discussion will be taken into account. Preparation of the material prior to class is essential. 50
Supervised projects A9 A10 A11 A13 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 The specific aspects of the project to be assessed will be defined once the type of project is. For instance, depth of analysis, originality of ideas, organization and delivery, as well as English proficiency, will be taken into account in an academic analytical essay. 50
 
Assessment comments
  • A "Non presentado" (Absent) grade will be obtained for not doing the supervised project and not completing 50% (or more) of the coursework. 
  • The second (July) opportunity of assessment will consist of two parts: 1) the supervised project (with identical format and criteria as in the first opportunity), which will be worth 50% of the grade; 2) the assignments that will be specified at the end of the course to compensate for missed or failed classwork, and which will be worth 50% of the grade. Both will be due by 14.00 h. on the official final exam date.
  • Students enrolled part-time and who have been granted an official academic dispensation from attending classes will be assessed in both opportunities as specified above for the second (July) opportunity. 
  • Plagiarism will mean a grade of "zero" in the plagiarized assignment. 
  • Every assignment must be turned in in time and in the specified format in order to avoid being penalized 25% of the grade in the assignment. 

Sources of information
Basic

Cartmell, Deborah & Imelda Whelehan (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Cascajosa Virino, Concepción. El espejo deformado: versiones, secuelas y adaptaciones en Hollywood. Sevilla: U. de Sevilla, 2006.

Cahir, Linda Costanzo. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland &Co. 2006.

Giddings, Robert, Keith Selby and Chris Wensley. Screening the Novel: The Theory and Practice of Literary Dramatization. London: MacMillan, 1990.

McFarlane, Brian. Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.

Sanders, Julie. Adaptation and Appropriation. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.