Module Descriptors
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL: CITY AND COUNTRY
ENGL50312
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Martin Jesinghausen
Email: M.Jesinghausen@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 270
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 80%
- GROUP PRESENTATION weighted at 20%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Coursework Essay [Learning Outcomes 1-3 Critical Review [5]
- An ESSAY length 3000 WORDS plus CRITICAL REVIEW length 1000 words weighted at 80%.
Group Presentation weighted at 20%. [Learning Outcome 4]
Key Information Set Data:
80% Coursework
20% Practical Exam
- An ESSAY length 3000 WORDS plus CRITICAL REVIEW length 1000 words weighted at 80%.
Group Presentation weighted at 20%. [Learning Outcome 4]
Key Information Set Data:
80% Coursework
20% Practical Exam
Module Indicative Content
In this module we will study the novel of the Victorian period from early Dickens to mature Hardy. We will focus on the treatment of 'the city and the country- in a number of representative texts, (which may include Dickens Oliver Twist, Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, Hardy Return of the Native, Gissing In the Year of the Jubilee), thus charting some of the main positions and narrative strategies of the Victorian novel contributing to the debate on modernity.
Module Learning Strategies
Weekly Lectures and Seminars; 4 Group Workshop/Tutorials in weeks 11 and 12
Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study
Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study
Module Texts
John Ruskin The Stones of Venice, London (Pallas Athene) 1991.
Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, London (Penguin) 1996.
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, London (Penguin Popular Classics) 1994.
Thomas Hardy The Return of the Native, London (Penguin) 1999.
George Gissing In the Year of the Jubilee, http://isis.library.adelaide.edu.au/pg/etext03/iyjee10.txt.
Raymond Williams The Country and the City, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1973.
Leonardo Benevolo The European City, Oxford (Blackwell) 1995.
Anthony Giddens Modernity and Self Identity - Self and Society in the Late Modern Age, Cambridge, (Polity Press) 1991
Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, London (Penguin) 1996.
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, London (Penguin Popular Classics) 1994.
Thomas Hardy The Return of the Native, London (Penguin) 1999.
George Gissing In the Year of the Jubilee, http://isis.library.adelaide.edu.au/pg/etext03/iyjee10.txt.
Raymond Williams The Country and the City, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1973.
Leonardo Benevolo The European City, Oxford (Blackwell) 1995.
Anthony Giddens Modernity and Self Identity - Self and Society in the Late Modern Age, Cambridge, (Polity Press) 1991
Module Resources
Networked PC
DVD/Video Projection
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
DVD/Video Projection
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.