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2022/23 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ENGL3339 Lost in Fiction: The Metafictional Novel from 'Don Quixote' to 'House of Leaves'
20 creditsClass Size: 30
School of English
Module manager: Dr Jane Rickard
Email: j.rickard@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2022/23
Pre-requisite qualifications
Please note: this module is restricted to Level 3 students on BA programmes with English and visiting students.This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module examines a series of novels that reflect self-consciously on the processes of writing and reading, and on the relationship between the fictional and the real. Some of these novels offer witty parodies of specific literary genres, and some even parody literary criticism itself, but all are centrally concerned with the interaction between authors, texts and readers. The selection of novels covers a broad chronological and geographical range: we begin with extended consideration of the seventeenth-century Spanish work,Objectives
- Students will explore intertextual relations between works from different historical periods and different countries.- Students will deepen their understanding of the processes of reading, the development of the novel as a genre, and the relationship between literature and literary theory and criticism.
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
On the module we will study the following 5 novels:
Cervantes,
Laurence Sterne,
Gustave Flaubert,
Vladimir Nabokov,
Mark Z. Danielewski,
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Film Screenings | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Lecture | 4 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Tutorial | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Private study hours | 184.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 16.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Seminar contribution.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 2250 words (including quotations and footnotes). | 50.00 |
| Essay | 2250 words (including quotations and footnotes). | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 29/04/2022 15:24:14
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