Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- prepare and plan a project proposal
- work effectively in groups
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically evaluate both primary source materials and arguments in secondary texts;
- identify and develop a topic for further research which might form the basis of an extended project.
- describe and evaluate the state of research and scholarship on culture and literary industries in cross-disciplinary perspective;
- identify lines of enquiry about cultural change common to historical and literary disciplines and the creative industies;
- synthesize and integrate the analysis of primary sources and secondary texts in a coherent written argument;
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- key questions raised by critical concepts including: material culture and print culture across literary and historical disciplines; literary and critical studies; publishing and book history; heritage and cultural management;
- the complex formal, stylistic, generic and aesthetic dimensions of literary texts and their relationship to debates surrounding the creative industry;
- key critical and creative concepts used in literary industries management;
- how critical, cultural, and scholarly material contributes to the ways we think about and respond to the literary and creative industry;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 100 |
Completion of assessment task | 100 |
Seminar | 40 |
Follow-up work | 60 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Jeffrey Nealson and Susan Searls Giroux (2011). The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences. Rowan & Littlefield.
Terry Flew (2011). The Creative Industries: Culture and Policy. Sage.
Rosamund Davies and Gauti Sigthorsson (2013). Understanding the Cultural Industries. Sage.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Individual Presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 15% |
Written assignment | 35% |
Written assignment | 15% |
Written assignment | 35% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Assessment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Assessment | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External