Students must complete the proposed readings (see list of contents) always before they are analyzed or commented in class, so that interactivity and debate are possible. Likewise, the teacher may establish a test or a reading test, which will always be done in class, on each of the readings in progress, either at that time or later than those works had been analysed in the classroom. The readings are obligatory and all of them will be evaluated individually. The readings and their respective tests are part of the evaluation of the subject, in the Seminar section, as indicated above. Oral resentations, if it is the case, must be delivered in a timely manner before being presented orally, when applicable, along with the presentation (PPT). The teacher can ask students to present orally some of their works.

The written exam will complete the evaluation of the subject.

In the July evaluation students will present some exercises or an essay on the texts studies (50%) and sit an examination (50%). Students who satisfactorily presented work throughout the course do not need to hand in any additional essay, unless otherwise indicated. Students who do not attend either of the two exams will be given the grade of "non presentado". Part-time and students with special dispensation must contat the teachers at the beginning of the course in order to plan each individual situation and the changes needed to compensate the percentages of the grade arising from directed discussion, reading and supervise projects.

Students who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the July opportunity.

Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity.

Plagiarism

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 be applied. (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 him/herself) at this university or other universities, as well as other material found on Internet.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
To learn and apply techniques of literary criticism.	A1 A2 A7 A8 A16 A17	B5 B7 B8
To understand the differing aspects of British society and culture.	A1 A7 A8 A16	B1 B5 B7 B8
To be able to recognise and analyse the ideological contens of texts.	A7 A8	B1	C8
To understand aspects of the evolution of English literature.	A2 A17
To learn and apply techniques of literary criticism.	A7 A8

Topic	Sub-topic
1. The 18th Century (the Enlightenment)	1.1. Introduction. The rise of the novel: the culture of the time. Newspapers and periodicals. Transformations in 18th century England. The nature of satire: Swift. 1.2.- Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders. (extracts) 1.3.- Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels (full text) 1.4. Fielding (bits) 1.5. Sterne. Tristram Shandy (extracts). A Sentimental Journey(bits). 1.6. Others (bits from Burke, Walpole, Fielding, Alexander Pope, Richardson, Tobias Smollett, Goldsmith, etc.)
2. English Romanticism and the Regency	2.1 The 18th-century Gothic novel introduced. Walpole and Anne Radcliffe (bits) 2.2 The "domestic" novel". Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice 2.3 The poets: Wordsworth (poems), Keats (poems) and Coleridge. (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, full text) 2.4. The Gothic heritage: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (full) 2.5. Late Romanticism: The Brontë sisters: Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (full))
3.- Victorian novel and culture.	3.1 Introduction. Supernatural Nature and Science. realist novel, naturalist novel, crime, social melodrama, etc. 3.2 Dickens. Great Expectations (full text) 3.3. Carroll: Alice in Wonderland (excerpts).

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Practical test:	A1 A2	4	15	19
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A7 A17 B1 B5 B7 B8 C8	30	5	35
Seminar	A1 A2	26	3	29
Mixed objective/subjective test	A1 A2 A8 A16 B5 B7	0	18	18
Workbook	A16	0	45	45

Personalized attention		4	0	4

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Practical test:	Written and oral exams and tests specifically on the course readings.
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Explanation of topics.
Seminar	In-depth discussion on topics. Interactive groups to allow greater individual participation.
Mixed objective/subjective test	Written exam with theoretical and practical contents,
Workbook	Reading of texts supplied (fragments or complete works).

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Seminar	A1 A2	Participation and activities: work carried out in seminars. in-class written exercises, most of them about programme readings.	20
Mixed objective/subjective test	A1 A2 A8 A16 B5 B7	Exams will include theoretical questions about the contents of the course and also some texts to be analysed by the students. The final examination (or mid-term examinations) will only be taken into account if the student obtains at least four points out of ten. In the event that the mark is lower than four, the student will have to retake the final exam or the mid-term exams.	50
Practical test:	A1 A2	Written and oral exams and tests specifically on the course readings.	30

Assessment comments
Students must complete the proposed readings (see list of contents) always before they are analyzed or commented in class, so that interactivity and debate are possible. Likewise, the teacher may establish a test or a reading test, which will always be done in class, on each of the readings in progress, either at that time or later than those works had been analysed in the classroom. The readings are obligatory and all of them will be evaluated individually. The readings and their respective tests are part of the evaluation of the subject, in the Seminar section, as indicated above. Oral resentations, if it is the case, must be delivered in a timely manner before being presented orally, when applicable, along with the presentation (PPT). The teacher can ask students to present orally some of their works. The written exam will complete the evaluation of the subject. In the July evaluation students will present some exercises or an essay on the texts studies (50%) and sit an examination (50%). Students who satisfactorily presented work throughout the course do not need to hand in any additional essay, unless otherwise indicated. Students who do not attend either of the two exams will be given the grade of "non presentado". Part-time and students with special dispensation must contat the teachers at the beginning of the course in order to plan each individual situation and the changes needed to compensate the percentages of the grade arising from directed discussion, reading and supervise projects. Students who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the July opportunity. Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity. Plagiarism 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 be applied. (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 him/herself) at this university or other universities, as well as other material found on Internet.

Basic	Brantlinger, P. y Thesing, W. (eds) (2005). A Companion to the Victorian Novel . Oxford:Blackwell Showalter, Elaine (1989). A Literature of their Own. From Brontë to Lessing. London: Routledge Stevenson, Randall (1993). A Reader`s Guide to the 20th Century Novel in Britain. London: Harvester Ruthven, K.K. (1984). Feminist Literary Studies. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP Ledger, Sally (1997). Fiction and Feminism at the fin de siècle. Manchester: Manchester UP Álvarez Amorós et al (1998). Historia crítica de la novela inglesa . Salamanca:Ediciones Colegio de España Lorenzo Modia, M.J. (1998). Literatura inglesa del siglo XVIII. A Coruña: Universidade da Coruña Butler, Marilyn (1981). Rebels and Revolutionaries: English Literature and its Background, 1760-1830 . Londres y Oxford: O.U.P. Liggins, Emma; Maunder, A.; Robins, R. (eds) (2011). The British Short Story. London: Palgrave Copeland, E. & Mc Master, J. (eds) (2001). The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen. Cambridge: CUP Marcus,L. and Nicholls (2005). The Cambridge History of Twentieth Century English Literature. Cambridge: CUP Head, Dominic (2002). The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction 1950-2000. Cambridge: CUP Rogers, P. (ed.) (1978). The Eighteenth Century. The Context of English Literature. London: Methuen Stone, Lawrence (1990). The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800. Harmondsworth: Penguin Miles, Rosalind (1987). The Female Form. Women Writers and the Conquest of the Novel. London: Routledge Damrosch , D y Dettmar, K (eds) (2009). The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century and Beyond (4th Edition). Londres: Longman Gilbert, S. and Gubar, S. (2000). The Madwoman in the Attic. Yale UP Chris, Carol T. et al (Eds) (2006). The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol 2. New York &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; London: Norton Greenblatt, Stephen et al (eds) (2005). The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age. New York: Norton Thomson, D. (1981). The Pelican History of England in the Twentieth Century. Harmondsworth: Penguin Spencer, Jane (1986). The Rise of the Woman Novelist: From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. Oxford: Blackwell Sanders, Andrew (1994). The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Todd, Janet (1992). The Sign of Angellica. Women, Writing and Fiction 1600-1800. Columbia UP Wollstonecraft, Mary (2004). Vindicacion dos dereitos da muller. Santiago de Compostela: Sotelo Blanco
	List of readings (most of them will be excerpts from the novels and also poems). the 18th century Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. (full novel) Jonathan Swift Gulliver`s Travels, (full novel) Other primary sources: fragments from novels or poestry by Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith etc.  Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice,  (full novel) the 19th century   Romantic Poets (Poems by Keats, Wordsworth e Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Frankenstein, de Mary Shelley. (full novel) Charles Dickens. Great Expectations. Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre. Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
Complementary	Pyckett, Lynn (1995). Engendering Fictions. The English Novel in the Early 20th Century. London: Arnold Eagleton, Mary (1998). Feminist Literary Criticism. London: Longman Todd, Janet (1988). Feminist Literary History. London: Polity Press Hanson, Clare (1987). Short Stories, Short Fiction 1880-1980. London: MacMillan Bell, Michael (1980). The Context of English Literature. London: Methuen

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