<p> &lt;p&gt;in the June evaluation students will present 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. students who do not attend either of the two exams will be given the grade of "non presentado" if they have not done at least 50% of the assessment work during the course. 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.</p><div><br /></div><div><p><em>Students who have been granted&nbsp;exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the&nbsp;July&nbsp;opportunity.</em></p><p><em>Students sitting the&nbsp;December exam&nbsp;(final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the&nbsp;July&nbsp;opportunity.</em></p></div>

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 A2 A7 A8 A16	B1 B5 B7 B8
To be able to recognise and analyse the ideological contens of texts.	A1 A2
To understand aspects of the evolution of English literature.	A7	B1

Topic	Sub-topic
1. The novel in the XVIIIth century.	1.1. Introduction 1.2. Swift Gulliver's Travels .
2. Romanticism	2.1 Introduction 2.2 Poetry: Wordsworth and Keats 2.3 Novel: Frankenstein Mary Shelley
The XIXth century.	3.1 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 3.2 Dickens "The Signal Man" 3.4 Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Supervised projects	A1 A2 A7 A8 A16 A17 B1 B5 B7 B8	0	30	30
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A1 B7	10	10	20
Directed discussion	A1 B1	18	18	36
Seminar	A1 B7	10	5	15
Workbook	A17 A8	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
Supervised projects	Individual or small group work.
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Explanation of topics.
Directed discussion	Debate in class based on pre-reading of texts.
Seminar	In-depth discussion on topics. Small groups to allow greater individual participation.
Workbook	Reading of texts supplied (fragments or complete works).

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A1 B7	Two tests (one mid-course, the other on the date of the final examination) in which students must show their command of the contents and skills from lectures, seminars and small groups. A minimum mark of 4/10 is necessary from each of these is required in order to be added to the overall mark for the other activities.	50
Seminar	A1 B7	Participation in work carried out in seminars.	5
Directed discussion	A1 B1	The teacher will assess the students' work and compromise on a day-to-day basis. Active participation and the interest shown will be taken into consideration.	10
Workbook	A17 A8	Control of readings.	5
Supervised projects	A1 A2 A7 A8 A16 A17 B1 B5 B7 B8	Diverse works for assessment.The teacher may require students to defend their ritten work in an oral test.	30

Assessment comments
<p> &lt;p&gt;in the June evaluation students will present 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. students who do not attend either of the two exams will be given the grade of "non presentado" if they have not done at least 50% of the assessment work during the course. 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.</p><div><br /></div><div><p><em>Students who have been granted&nbsp;exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the&nbsp;July&nbsp;opportunity.</em></p><p><em>Students sitting the&nbsp;December exam&nbsp;(final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the&nbsp;July&nbsp;opportunity.</em></p></div>

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. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; 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
	Reading list: In most cases fragments of these works will be studied.  David CXVIII Gulliver`s Travels, Moll Flanders.   CXIX   Emma, Jane Eyre. Blake poems. Wordsworth poems. Great Expectations, "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"   CXX & CXXI   Daphne du Maurier    Rebecca.   Antonia S. Byatt.          Medusa’s Ankle (Stories)   P.D. James                    Death Comes to Pemberley
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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