2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ENGL3005 Textual Editing Project

40 creditsClass Size: 15

School of English

Module manager: Dr Brett Greatley-Hirsch
Email: b.d.greatleyhirsch@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

The Textual Editing Project gives you the opportunity to critically explore the range of editorial practices and publishing decisions that shape readers’ experience. Through seminar and practical sessions, you will learn about the use of literary archives and the material construction of texts to understand how processes of production, transmission, and mediation affect their meaning. You will be introduced to theories and methods of textual editing before putting these principles into practice by preparing a scholarly edition or edited anthology of selected texts. Your work will also directly engage with the relationship between content and form as you experiment with elements of visual communication and graphic design.

Objectives

The Textual Editing Project gives you the opportunity to critically explore the range of editorial practices and publishing decisions that shape readers’ experience. Through seminar and practical sessions, you will learn about the use of literary archives and the material construction of texts to understand how processes of production, transmission, and mediation affect their meaning. You will be introduced to theories and methods of textual editing before putting these principles into practice by preparing a scholarly edition or edited anthology of selected texts. Your work will also directly engage with the relationship between content and form as you experiment with elements of visual communication and graphic design

Learning outcomes
1. Identify and propose an appropriate topic for a scholarly editing project.
2. Develop independent research and time management skills through the guided work of proposing and planning an autonomous textual editing project.
3. Develop skills associated with the fundamental activities of scholarly editing and publishing.
4. Experience working with primary textual materials in archives and special collections.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts, principles, and conventions of scholarly editing and publishing.

Skills outcomes
• Skills associated with analytical bibliography and scholarly editing, such as transcription, collation, and commentary.
• Skills associated with visual communication, such as graphic design, document layout, and typography.
• Skills associated with letterpress printing and book production, such as composition, imposition, printing, and binding.

Syllabus

The Textual Editing Project is a 40-credit, two-semester module that introduces students to the principles and practices of scholarly editing. Through a combination of seminar and practical sessions, students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to produce a textual editing project that demonstrates a critical understanding of editorial conventions publishing tasks they will bring together in their Scholarly Edition or Anthology. With feedback and support from their supervisors, students identify and independently study material relevant to their individual research projects and sustained consideration of the relationship between content and form.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision	4	0.50	2.00
Practical	6	1.00	6.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			382.00
Total Contact hours			18.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback on Portfolio items will be given during seminar and practical sessions, allowing students to revise or develop the work further before final submission. Supervision sessions supply opportunities for formative feedback on formal proposals, plans of work, and sample material, as well as oral reports on progress. There are mechanisms in place to allow individual supervisors to flag up potential problems with individual students.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	1500 words	35.00
Project	6000-8000 words	65.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The Portfolio is broken down into separate sections: a formal project proposal (1000 words), a review of a scholarly edition (500 words), a transcription exercise (300 words), a collation exercise (50 words), and a design exercise with critical reflection (300 words). The Project word-count includes critical commentary and apparatus supporting a scholarly edition or anthology; edited texts are excluded.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 02/05/2023

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