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Faculty of Philology
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Grao en Galego e Portugués: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios
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  Literatura Inglesa 1
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Methodologies Description
Directed discussion When dealing with literature, the debate is an essential tool to go in depth and assimilate the contents, as well as to exchange ideas and interpretations. It can take place occasionally in the general sessions, D.E. hours (classic teaching) or in small groups, T.G.R. hours (reduced groups). This will be the methodology on which the hours assigned to D.I. will be structured (Interactive teaching).
Workbook In an English course, it is essential for each student to have read the daily readings before entering the classroom. In English Literature I, the time-table for the study of documents and the reading of texts (basically literary texts) will be shown through the Moodle platform. It is also important that the student be aware of the possible modifications both in the program of the subject and in the development of the course.
Guest lecture / keynote speech In the D.E. sessions, the professor will expose the theoretical contents related to English literature from its origins until the end of the 17th century, as well as the basic concepts with which they will be analysed. All these contents will be developed later in the D.I. and T.G.R sessions.
Supervised projects Individually and/or in small groups, students will have to carry out works of diverse type (summaries, analyses, etc.) that will be done in class. At home, each student will have to accomplish additional tasks, such as for instance, the readings, but he/she may also carry out review and edition activities, etc.
Mixed objective/subjective test Students will take a final exam in which they will need to demonstrate that they are competent with the theoretical contents introduced in the D.E. classes (large groups) as well as with the skills practised in every class, particularly D.I. (mid-size group) and T.G.R. (small group). This exam will consist of two parts (each worth 50% of the grade): I) short questions (definitions of critical terms and periods, identification of excerpts from the texts studied, etc); II) well-structured written analysis/interpretation of a text (from the reading list) following the guidelines studied throughout the semester.
Seminar In T.G.R. sessions, oral and written presentations will be debated, as it corresponds to this academic field, by paying attention to the interpretations generated by the readings and the resultant learning of D. I. sessions.
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