Identifying Data 2018/19
Subject (*) Literary Genres in English Code 613505019
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 Optional 3
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Letras
Coordinador
Gomez Blanco, Carlos Juan
 E-mail
carlos.gomezb@udc.es
Lecturers
Gomez Blanco, Carlos Juan
 E-mail
carlos.gomezb@udc.es
Web http://www.imaes.eu/?page_id=31
General description Toda la información relativa tanto a esta materia como al resto del Máster la pueden encontrar en la dirección Web arriba señalada.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
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
--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. AR7
AR9
AR11
AR12
 BR6
BR7
BR9
BR10
BR11

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
 Estudo de fontes (Dryden, Fielding, etc)

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours 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
 
Personalized attention 2 0 2
 
(*)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.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Description
Guidence

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
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
 
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).

The essays must be original. The turnitin program may be used.

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.

Sources of information
Basic

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


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.