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Module QXE-2003:
Jonson to Johnson

Module Facts

Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

Organiser: Dr Michael Durrant

Overall aims and purpose

  1. To extend students' knowledge of a variety of texts in English from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
  2. To equip students with the necessary critical skills to examine literature in its historical and cultural contexts
  3. To familiarise students with the major debates concerning politics, religion and identity in the period
  4. To introduce students to the importance of new genres, the city, gender, readership and performance when studying early modern literature
  5. To further students' skills in analysis, research, and both written and oral presentation

Course content

This module offers you the opportunity to explore English literary writing from the reign of James I at the opening of the seventeenth century to the middle of the Georgian age in the eighteenth century. The module will begin by introducing you to the theatre of the later Shakespeare, Jonson and their contemporaries and to the complex poetic worlds of John Donne, George Herbert and Andrew Marvell, for example. The period witnessed an enormous growth in prose writing in the areas of history, science, utopianism and biography all of which figure in this module. The module guides you through the period of the English Republic and the Restoration of the later Stuart monarchs. As the semester unfolds, you will have the opportunity to read a selection of women’s writing, of erotic and political verse of the period, to explore the energetic comedies performed to London audiences and to explore some early examples of English prose fiction written by Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding.

Assessment Criteria

excellent

Typically, work graded A- to A** (or 70 to 100) will show many of the following qualities:

• Discusses ideas with confidence and precision • Demonstrates maturity and sophistication • Displays deep knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is totally relevant • Shows independent, analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of substantial and relevant reading • Shows great accuracy in expression, displaying total mastery over all aspects of the language • Shows occasional signs of brilliance and originality of thought • In creative work: displays considerable originality • Command over medium; may have potential for publication/production

good

Typically, work graded B- to B+ (or 60 to 69) will show many of the following qualities: • Discusses ideas adeptly • Most of the arguments about a specific field are well-aired • Displays knowledge of the subject in question; the answer is relevant • Shows analytical and clear thought • Gives evidence of relevant reading • Shows accuracy in expression with mastery over language. • A few minor errors here and there. • Signs of creative thought deserve a higher position within the class • In creative work: shows signs of originality, having understood the requirements of the medium • Plans of well-balanced and full answers, despite some gaps

Typically, work graded C- to C+ (or 50 to 59) will show many of the following qualities: • Discusses ideas, but without much confidence • A respectable effort but not showing any unusual talent; a few flashes of originality here and there • Makes reference to the subject in question, but some important matters not mentioned • Fairly clear thought on most occasions, and the arguments relevant on the whole • Evidence of having read some works associated with the field in question • Quite accurate expression, though the points may sometimes be presented clumsily • Signs of conscientious work deserve a higher position within the class • In creative work: not having quite mastered the requirements of the medium
• Evidence of planning in the answers, but a lack of coherence at times; undisciplined and unsure at times

threshold

Typically, work graded D- to D+ (or 40 to 49) will show many of the following qualities: • Unsure and lacking in confidence when discussing ideas • Referring to the subject in question in a superficial manner • Making an effort to provide fairly balanced answers • Some points in the argument irrelevant to the topic • Little evidence of background reading • Some uncertainty over language and syntax • Strengths and weaknesses fairly balanced; occasionally clumsy and unimaginative • In creative work: superficial • Not succeeding in mastering the requirements of the medium

Learning outcomes

  1. An awareness of the changing dynamics of genre during one of the most fertile period of English literary writing

  2. The ability to understand and analyse selected texts from c. 1620 to c. 1750

  3. An awareness of the interrelationships of text, context, circumstances of production, literary tradition and ideology

Assessment Methods

Type Name Description Weight
Critical Evaluation 35.00
Essay 50.00
Presentation 15.00

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Hours
Lecture

2 hour lectures per week for 11 weeks

22
Seminar

1 hour per week for 11 weeks

11
Study group 11
Private study 156

Transferable skills

  • Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
  • Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
  • Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
  • Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
  • Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting

Resources

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/qxe-2003.html

Courses including this module

Compulsory in courses:

  • 3Q5Q: BA Cymraeg and English Literature year 2 (BA/CEL)
  • 2P78: BA English Lit with Creative Writing with International Exp year 2 (BA/ECI)
  • Q310: BA Eng Lit with Eng Lang year 2 (BA/ELEL)
  • 3QV1: BA History and English Literature year 2 (BA/ELH)
  • 09V3: BA English Literature and Italian year 2 (BA/ELI)
  • 3YT5: BA English Literature and Spanish year 2 (BA/ELIS)
  • 065C: BA English Literature with Journalism year 2 (BA/ELJ)
  • 1Q3Q: BA Linguistics and English Literature year 2 (BA/ELL)
  • QQC3: BA English Lang and Lit year 2 (BA/ELLIT)
  • QQCF: BA English Language & English Lit [with Foundation Year] year 2 (BA/ELLITF)
  • 32N6: BA English Literature and Music year 2 (BA/ELM)
  • 32N7: BA English Literature & Music with International Experience year 2 (BA/ELMIE)
  • 32M8: BA English Literature with Theatre and Performance year 2 (BA/ELTP)
  • M3Q9: BA English Literature and Criminology and Criminal Justice year 2 (BA/ENC)
  • 2P17: BA English Literature and Creative Writing year 2 (BA/ENCW)
  • 2P1P: BA English Literature and Creative Writing with Place Yr year 2 (BA/ENCWP)
  • 8H25: BA English Literature year 2 (BA/ENGL)
  • 2D13: BA English Literature with Creative Writing year 2 (BA/ENGLC)
  • 8H2P: BA English Literature with Placement Year year 2 (BA/ENGLP)
  • 8H26: BA English Literature (with International Experience) year 2 (BA/ENIE)
  • 06CD: BA French and English Literature year 2 (BA/FEL)
  • 3P3Q: BA Film Studies and English Literature year 2 (BA/FSEL)
  • 3N7S: BA German and English Literature year 2 (BA/GEL)
  • T124: BA English Literature & Chinese year 2 (BA/LITCH)
  • 3HPQ: BA Media Studies and English Literature year 2 (BA/MEN)
  • 3VQV: BA Philosophy and Religion and English Literature year 2 (BA/PREN)
  • 3L3Q: BA Sociology and English Literature year 2 (BA/SEL)
  • Q2W9: MArts English Literature with Creative Writing year 2 (MARTS/ELCW)
  • Q321: MArts English Literature with International Experience year 2 (MARTS/ELIE)
  • Q320: MArts English Literature year 2 (MARTS/ELIT)

Optional in courses:

  • W890: BA Creative&Professional Writing year 2 (BA/CPW)
  • W89P: BA Creative and Professional Writing with Placement Year year 3 (BA/CPWP)
  • W899: BA Creative & Professional Writing with International Exp year 3 (BA/CRIE)
  • Q3Q2: BA English Language w English Lit year 2 (BA/ENGEL)
  • Q1Q3: BA Ling with Eng Lit year 2 (BA/LEL)
  • M115: LLB Law with English Literature (International Experience) year 2 (LLB/ILEL)

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