2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

ENGL5854M Reader, Writer, Text: an introduction to Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies

30 creditsClass Size: 15

Module manager: Professor Michael Brennan
Email: m.g.brennan@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module helps students to develop knowledge of key concepts relevant to literary and cultural studies, and to refine their skills and experience in communicating textual, critical and theoretical arguments and interpretations around the texts on the module. The focus is on reading and writing using academic modes and appropriate forms of analysis and discussion, concentrating on models of readers, writers and texts, and exploring literature from the Anglophone world.

Objectives

The module aims to develop students’ knowledge of concepts in literary and cultural studies, and their understanding of communicating and reading in English at postgraduate level.

The thematic focus is on concepts of reading, writing and textual composition, as theorised and identified in works of Anglophone literature. Through a curated selection of texts, students will develop their understanding of how texts create and reflect their readers and their writers, embedded in their literary and socio-historical contexts. In parallel, the students develop their understanding of voice and text in academic communication around literary and cultural matters, through the development of their own practice in speech and writing.

The learning outcomes are aligned with conceptual, critical and communicative knowledge and skills for the investigation and critique of Anglophone literary and cultural studies. These focus on elements that are vital for postgraduate study. The module’s objectives are achieved through a range of learning activities, including class discussion, groupwork, guided exercises in textual analysis, presentations, reflective and extended writing.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

1. Identify and interpret significant features in the design and effect of texts and objects relating to readers, writers, and texts in Anglophone literatures and cultures

2. Apply and evaluate the significance of theories and concepts relating to authorship and readership in Anglophone literature and cultural studies

3. Apply different methods for the investigation of style and the composition of literary and cultural media

Skills learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

4. Develop and apply strategies for clear and concise communication (written and spoken) with appropriate evidence and terminology for academic work

5. Be able to evaluate different arguments and perspectives and to find supportive evidence to develop opinions and theories

6. Reflect on self-development in skills and understanding, and to plan future actions appropriately

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	5	1.00	5.00
seminars	5	1.00	5.00
Practicals	5	2.00	10.00
Private study hours			280.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Feedback will be provided in the weekly seminars through peer-discussion and conversations with the module tutors.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Portfolio collection (4000 words)	100.00
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 website

Last updated: 02/08/2024

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