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2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ENGL3340 September 11 in Fact and Fiction

20 creditsClass Size: 30

School of English

Module manager: Dr Hamilton Carroll
Email: h.e.m.carroll@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

To gain critical and contextual (historical, political, cultural) understanding of the events of September 11, 2001 and US culture by examining a range of late-twentieth/early-twenty first century texts. To gain an understanding of the relationships between contemporary narrative cultural forms (fiction and film) and broader socio-cultural transformations in US society after September 11.

Learning outcomes
Students will have developed:
the ability to use written and oral communication effectively;
the capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse;
the ability to manage quantities of complex information in a structured and systematic way;
the capacity for independent thought and judgement;
critical reasoning;
research skills, including the retrieval of information, the organisation of material and the evaluation of its importance;
IT skills;
Efficient time management and organisation skills;
the ability to learn independently.

Skills outcomes
Skills for effective communication, oral and written.
Capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse.
Ability to acquire quantities of complex information of diverse kinds in a structured and systematic way.
Capacity for independent thought and judgement.
Critical reasoning.
Research skills, including information retrieval skills, the organisation of material, and the evaluation of its importance.
IT skills.
Time management and organisational skills.
Independent learning.


Syllabus

This module engages with literature, non-fiction prose, graphic art, and cinema from the late-twentieth century through to the present. It examines the diverse ways in which writers and filmmakers have understood and represented the events of September 11, 2001. Topics for discussion will include representations of September 11, memory and trauma, heroism, US Exceptionalism, nationalism, literary form, narrative, temporality, cinematic form.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Meetings51.005.00
Seminar101.0010.00
Private study hours185.00
Total Contact hours15.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Teaching will be through weekly seminars (10 x 1 hour) plus up to 5 additional hours (content to be determined by the module tutor). The 5 additional hours may include lectures, plenary sessions, film showings, or the return of unassessed/assessed essays.

Private Study: Reading, seminar preparation, essay writing.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Seminar contribution.

1 x 1700 word unassessed essay (requirement).

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay4000 words100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

One unassessed essay of 1700 words is required. This does not form part of the assessment for this module, but is a requirement and MUST be submitted. Students who fail to submit the unassessed essay will be awarded a maximum mark of 40 for the module (a bare Pass).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 24/04/2008

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