Special Project (Text, Context, Intertext)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• find resources of relevance to any given topic related to the specific aspect of rhetoric in English literary studies;
• creatively and persuasively present your own approach to text or group of texts within the subject of English literary studies.
• distil, summarise and assess extant approaches to rhetoric within the subject of English literary studies.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• dominant, important, and emerging critical and theoretical approaches to rhetoric within a literary period or field of enquiry;
• the significance of these texts within the larger context of English literary studies, and other relevant and broader contexts of cultural production.
• a specific aspect of a text or group of texts in a particular literary period or field of enquiry;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• formulate and communicate an argument;
• summarise and assess textual arguments;
• write a sustained piece of work.
• research and plan independently;

This module allows you to undertake independent research, with guidance from the Special Project convenor/s. The content , scope, and methodology of each project will be developed by the student in discussion with their assigned supervisor/module convenor.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• up to four one-to-one meetings or up to five group meetings with members of staff with particularly deep knowledge in a field.

Learning activities include

• individual study and research time;
• accessing research materials (possibly including archival material) and on-line resources;
• preparation of a written assignment or equivalent in consultation with the Special Project convenor/s.
• the opportunity to undertake in-depth independent research into a topic of your own choosing

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Archives. You may also need: Relevant resources will vary according to your Special Subject. You will be encouraged to seek information beyond that which is easily available in the University Library, and will be given advice on accessing specialists’ archives in your field.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External