School of English
Module manager: Professor Michael G Brennan
Email: m.g.brennan@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Graham Greene is one of the most prolific of twentieth-century British prose writers. This module will allow students to study the full range and development of his literary career. The set texts will illustrate a wide range of major literary, political, religious, and social concerns in Greene's writings from the late-1920s until the 1980s. Examples from his journalism, short stories, dramatic writings, and film work will also be made available.
This module will develop its students’ range of literary and analytical skills in both their written and verbal responses to the generic diversity and imaginative creativity of Greene’s writings. It will also develop its students’ time management, organizational, research and bibliographical skills and enhance IT skills necessary for both locating and retrieving relevant primary and secondary materials and the production of formative and assessed work to the required presentational standards.
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Analyse and critically examine Graham Greene’s literary texts in their various genres and historical and cultural contexts.
2. Produce informative close readings in a variety of the literary forms offered by Graham Greene’s writings.
3. Demonstrate Graham Greene’s significance and contribution to twentieth-century English prose writings.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
4. Manage quantities of complex information in a structured and systematic way.
5. Exercise independent and imaginative thought, judgement and critical reasoning.
6. Express a range of ideas and approaches to literary texts while also remaining open to alternative perspectives.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 185 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 15 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will be required to submit an essay plan of up to 750 words with formative feedback in writing and via individual consultations. Written feedback will also be provided on the assessed 4,000 word essay. Feedback will be provided on the discussions in weekly seminars and the short presentations made by the students. One of the lectures will focus specifically on the assessed essay, including feedback on questions raised by students both before the lecture and during it.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | 4000 word essay | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 5/22/2024
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