Study programme competencies |
Code
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Study programme competences / results
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A7 |
E07 – Ability to analyse different types of discourse and discursive genres, both oral and written, in the English language |
A9 |
E09 – Familiarity with the main models and resources in literary/cultural research 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. |
A12 |
E12 – Understanding of different theoretical and critical approaches, as well as their application to the analysis of literary and cultural texts 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 / results |
--Learning to handle literary typology derived from the concepts of “genre” and “mode”
-Engaging in theoretical discussions around the concepts of genre and mode
-Learning about and analysing theoretical and literary texts in English from different historical periods within the concpetual framework of genre and mode.
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AR7 AR9 AR11 AR12
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BR6 BR7 BR9 BR10 BR11
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Contents |
Topic |
Sub-topic |
Contents
1. The concepts of genre and mode: definition, similarities and differences
2. Generic and modal formulation in literary theory in English
3. From comedy and the comic to tragedy and the tragic: genres and modes in a selection of works from the literary tradition in English
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Estudo de fontes (Dryden, Fielding, etc) |
Planning |
Methodologies / tests |
Competencies / Results |
Teaching hours (in-person & virtual) |
Student’s personal work hours |
Total hours |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A7 A9 A11 A12 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
Seminar |
A7 A9 A11 A12 B6 |
7 |
20 |
27 |
Supervised projects |
A7 A9 B6 |
2 |
18 |
20 |
Online forum |
A7 A9 A11 A12 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
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Personalized attention |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
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(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
Methodologies |
Description |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Lectures on the concepts of literary genre and mode. |
Seminar |
Practical cases, examples from literary sources. |
Supervised projects |
10-double spaced-page essay plus an oral presentation |
Online forum |
Virtual tutorials: queries, essay revision. Debate over issues.
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Personalized attention |
Methodologies
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Supervised projects |
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Assessment |
Methodologies
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Competencies / Results |
Description
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Qualification
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Supervised projects |
A7 A9 B6 |
Orally presented essay (40%) and a written essay (50%) |
90 |
Seminar |
A7 A9 A11 A12 B6 |
Commentaries and analyses made during the course. |
10 |
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Assessment comments |
ASSESSMENT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Given that this degree programme is
part distance learning, part actual attendance, students are required to attend
the compulsory sessions, unless they have applied for exemption within the time
period specified by the Academic Commission of the degree, and this exemption
has been granted. This exemption will be valid provided students comply with
the rules on attendance in force in the three universities participating in the
programme, and provided they comply with the assessment systems which are
specified in the teaching guides for each module. Students should be aware,
however, that not attending certain classroom sessions may affect their final
grades. Students
who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations,
will be assessed according to the criteria applied to the July opportunity. Students
who do not submit a supervised project, or who fail
to submit at least 50% of the other tasks for assessment, will be graded as
absent from assessment (NP: no presentado). Students
who do not pass in the first opportunity will be able
to re-sit in July, when they will be required to demonstrate that they have
acquired the skills for each module via two types of assessment: a supervised
project with the same percentage value and characteristics as in the first
opportunity, plus the exercises agreed upon with the lecturer(s) as a
substitute for the other activities of the module.
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Sources of information |
Basic
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Basic and
complementary bibliography Aristotle.
Poetics. Trans. Gerald F. Else. Michigan: The
University Press, 1977. Bushnell,
Rebeca, ed. A Companion to Tragedy. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. Derrida,
Jacques. “The Law of Genre”. Trans. A. Ronell. Critical Inquiry 7/1 (1980):
55-81. Available at: http://eng1020.pbworks.com/f/DerridaLawofGenre.pdf Fowler,
Alastair. Kinds of Literature: An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and
Modes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Genette,
Gérard. The Architext: An Introduction. Trans. Jane A. Lewin. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press, 1992. Lodge,
David. The Modes of Modern Writing: Metaphor, Metonymy, and the Typology of
Modern Literature. Cornell University Press, 1977. Stott,
Andrew. Comedy. New York: Routledge, 2005. Todorov,
Tzvetan. Genres in Discourse. Trans. Catherine Porter. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1990. Wallace,
Jennifer. The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2007. Weitz,
Eric. The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2009. |
Complementary
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Recommendations |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
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Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
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Subjects that continue the syllabus |
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