Code |
LL114 |
Level |
1 |
Credit rating |
20 |
Prerequisites |
None |
Type of module |
Taught |
Aims |
The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA National Qualifications Framework and they relate to the SEEC descriptors for level 1 study. This module aims to give students an opportunity, through examples of canonical and non-canonical narrative texts, to study a range of texts in the context of a wider consideration of narrative discourse and structure, including the earliest narrative genres – for instance myths and folk-tales. |
Learning outcomes |
In relation to the National Qualifications Framework and the SEEC descriptors for level 1 study, by the end of the module students should be able to:
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Content |
There will be a range of materials studied and discussed, of which the following are indicative only: folk and fairy-tales, traditional and contemporary; detective stories; dream narratives; psychoanalytic case-studies; fantasy; soaps; graphic-novels; children’s literature; ancient and contemporary myths; ‘Disneyfication’ of folk-tales. Theorists sampled might include Zipes, Bettelheim, Levi-Strauss, Freud, Frye, Genette, Brooks. |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Contact time: Lectures, discussions, seminars, workshop activities. Non-contact time: Reading and research for narrative journals. |
Learning support |
Books: Abbott, H.P. (2002) Cambridge Introduction to Narrative Cambridge: CUP Journals: Electronic sources: Narratology : www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/narratology/ Folktexts: |
Assessment task |
Assessment will be in the context of the University of Brighton Assessment Policy and the Faculty Code of Practice in Assessment, and students will be required to complete the following task: A reading journal of reflective work, which may include creative as well as analytic and discursive material, to be kept throughout and submitted at the end of the module. It should contain between 6 and 10 entries or items totalling 3000 words and represent the student’s own selection and reflective discussion of ideas, issues and narratives encountered during the module. (The assessment will be percentage graded.) Referral task: |
Assessment criteria |
General criteria for assessment are framed by the SEEC descriptors for level 1. Against specific criteria, credit will be awarded for:
All learning outcomes must be achieved in order to pass the module at the threshold level. |
Brief description of module content and/or aims for publicity |
This module introduces students to early narrative genres and shows their influence and presence in later literature and culture. The module offers students an awareness of narrative as central to being human. It offers scope for students to respond to literature in creative and personal ways through a reading journal. |
Area examination board to which module relates |
BA Language Studies |
Module team/authors/co-ordinator |
Richard Jacobs |
Normal duration |
One semester |
Site where delivered |
Falmer; Hastings |
Date of first approval |
June 2007 |
Date of last revision |
N/A |
Date of approval of this version |
April 2009 |
Version number |
2 |
Route for which module is acceptable and status in that Route |
BA (Hons) English Literature and Sociology – compulsory |
Course(s) which module is acceptable and status in course |
BA (Hons) English Literature and Sociology – required |
School home |
School of Humanities |
External examiner(s) |
Dr Andrew Maunder |
