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LIT4005M-2023-24-SEM2-A LIT4005M | Theorizing Literature: Power and Identity | 2023-24 SEM2 (Group A)
This module takes as its premise that to understand the social value of literary texts, we need to engage with theoretical accounts of the different ways power can be accumulated, contested, and diffused across social groups. Building on bell hooks’ contention that to understand power we need to understand how systems are interconnected, the module takes an intersectional approach to discussions of power and identity.
We will be introducing you to a number of theoretical and critical ideas, concepts, and writers over the course of semester 2 in order to help you unpack and critique the ways that social, cultural, political, ideological, and physical power and identities are conveyed, complicated, interrogated and endorsed by a diverse range of authors. We will discuss the ways that power and identities are presented and contested in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and plays. We will examine theoretical ideas about gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and national identity as well as the intersections between these categories.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
1. Critically reflect on using basic theories and concepts as a means of interpreting literary texts;
2. Communicate knowledge of the use of basic theories and concepts in relation to literary texts and criticism
3. Develop an accurate and reliable vocabulary appropriate to the study of literary theory, identity and power.
Module Director: Dr Jo Waugh
Email: j.waugh@yorksj.ac.uk
- Enrolled students: 58
LIT5008M-2021-22 LIT5008M | Mapping America | 2021-22
- Enrolled students: 3
LIT5008M-2022-23 LIT5008M | Mapping America | 2022-23
- Enrolled students: 7
LIT5008M-2023-24 LIT5008M | Mapping America | 2023-24
- Enrolled students: 32
LIT5008M-2024-25 LIT5008M | Mapping America | 2024-25
- Enrolled students: 27
LIT5008M-2025-26-SEM1-A LIT5008M | Mapping America | 2025-26 SEM1 (Group A)
- Enrolled students: 24
LIT5010M-2021-22-SEM2-A LIT5010M | Sick Novels: Literature and Disease | 2021-22 SEM2 (Group A)
Welcome to the Sick Novels Moodle page: please see below for week-by-week information on the module.
- Enrolled students: 5
LIT5013M-2024-25-SEM1-A LIT5013M | Dawn of Print | 2024-25 SEM1
Module Description
This module will explore works of literature during the long eighteenth century (approx. 1688-1770) in relation to their political and cultural context, with a focus on the development of dominant literary forms. Writers during this period were responding to important historical events (the English Civil War; the Commonwealth and Restoration of the Monarchy; the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688, the Act of Union with Scotland; the Act of Settlement; the establishment of the Hanoverian rule) and cultural changes (the ‘birth’ of the print marketplace; the Scientific Revolution; regulation and control of printing; the rise of ‘Sensibility’).
Central to the module will be the question of what role the emergence of cheap print played in galvanising the notions of both a British public and a British ‘popular culture.’ Print provided a forum for writers to express concern over legitimate and illegitimate forms of power, an issue debated in terms of Empire, as well as political and religious authority, personal identity and responsibility. In addition to ‘public’ discourses, literature of this period also reflects questions of personal liberty, love, sexuality, and desire.
The module will also explore the ways in which the emergence of new forms of news and entertainment revealed the porous boundaries between truth and fiction, facilitating the emergence of the more recognisable literary forms that come to typify the literature of later periods, such as the novel.
Module Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key issues and concerns in British literature published during the long eighteenth century;
- Apply appropriate critical analysis of primary texts;
- Effectively communicate information, arguments, and analysis that combine the main methods of enquiry in the discipline.
Programme Learning Outcomes (Level 5):
- Demonstrate a critical understanding and knowledge of English Literature, including an enhanced
- appreciation of historical and theoretical perspectives.
- Demonstrate critical awareness of research strategies particular to English Literature.
- Apply theoretical perspectives and concepts to a range of different texts.
- Effectively communicate information, ideas, arguments, and interpretations in a manner appropriate to the task and audience.
- Demonstrate an ability to apply knowledge and skills effectively in decision making in the context of
- growing maturity as an independent learner.
- Demonstrate transferable skills including organisation, time-management, decision-making, and the ability to construct a coherent argument.
Module Guidance
Click here to view the Module Information Video (this video summarizes module reading, assessment and our approach to module teaching).
Click here to view the Module Document (this document summarizes module reading, assessment and our approach to module teaching).
Click here to listen to the official Module Playlist on Spotify.
Module Director: Dr Adam J Smith
Email: a.smith3@yorksj.ac.uk
Pre-Module Activity
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Module Trip
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- Enrolled students: 37
LIT6001M-2022-23-Year-A LIT6001M English Literature Research Project 2022-23 (Group A)
Welcome to the module
Your dissertation will be one of the most challenging and the most rewarding parts of your undergraduate experience. In many ways, it is the intellectual culmination of your degree, and a chance for you to become an expert on a topic that you are passionate about. Please engage with the support that the module offers; attend the group meetings, and stay in regular contact with your supervisor.
We look forward to working with you on your dissertation projects.
Supervisors will be allocated after the proposals are in and have been evaluated. You will be notified of your supervisor early in Semester One.
If you have questions in the meantime, please contact the Module Director, Dr Jo Waugh (j.waugh@yorksj.ac.uk)
SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY
- Students can book an online tutorial with Katherine Hughes for support with finding resources for their assignments or referencing correctly.
- Students can also email Katherine (k.hughes@yorksj.ac.uk) or our general academic liaison inbox (academicliaisonteam@yorksj.ac.uk) with any queries about accessing resources and referencing.
- Our Digital Training team can provide support with using Word to format dissertations and other assignments – the linked webpages have details of how to book an online tutorial.
- Our Study Development team can provide support with academic writing – they are available for online tutorials and are also offering a workshop programme this semester, available at the link.
- Enrolled students: 5
LIT6008M-2022-23-SEM1-A LIT6008M | Gothic Origins | 2022-23 SEM1
- Enrolled students: 2