BA English Literature and Theatre Studies (European)

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Year One, students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate an awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;

- use basic generic and subject-specific qualities, i.e., present a structured and coherent simple argument

- have some knowledge of critical terminology

- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations;

- have experience of the key strategies for exploring and analysing contemporary theatre practice, through the study of performance and textual materials;

- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, and in which dramatic materials have been composed and staged;

- have a basic knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;

- develop critical skills;

- develop analytical skills;

- develop performance skills that serve to demonstrate critical understanding;

- demonstrate a critical understanding of prose writing and prose genres, and the impact of historical, social and cultural matter on the evolution and transformation of prose literatures;

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire key transferable skills as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;

- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;

- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;

- demonstrating some knowledge of English Literature, dramatic texts and performance theory.

- demonstrating the ability to carry out and present basic research;

- demonstrating the ability to work within a group towards workshop-based presentations;