Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the key analytical frameworks necessary for the MA Languages and Cultures programme
- how to engage with, and reflect upon, advanced academic and theoretical texts relevant to high-level understanding of world cultures
- advanced academic approaches to theoretical reading and analysis
- advanced academic approaches to a range of texts and media
- the principles of advanced research in the Humanities.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- express reflection on complex ideas in a succinct and concise manner.
- manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
- engage in advanced analysis of high-level arguments and approaches
- communicate complex, advanced ideas and arguments in a written reflective report
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- interpret and reflect critically, at an advanced level, on a range of approaches to cultural analysis
- structure your ideas in a clear, coherent manner consistent with an advanced academic level.
- communicate a high-level academic argument in written form
- demonstrate confidence and skill when engaging in high-level academic discussion and debate
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 24 |
Guided independent study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Young, Robert (1981). Untying the Text: A Poststructuralist Reader.
Sontag, Susan (1977). On Photography.
Hall, Stuart, ed. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices.
Mirzoeff, Nicholas (2009). An Introduction to Visual Culture.
Longhurst, Brian et al (2016). Introducing Cultural Studies.
Barthes, Roland (1977). Image–Music–Text.
Phelan, James, and Peter J. Rabinowitz, eds (2005). A Companion to Narrative Theory.
Rose, Gillian (2016). Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials.
Barry, Peter (2009). Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Reflective account
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Written and oral 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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Reflective account | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Reflective account | 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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Reflective account | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External