School of English
Module manager: Dr Tracy Hargreaves
Email: t.hargreaves@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The post-war years witnessed profound changes in Britain’s cultural landscape, from the foundation of the ‘cradle-to-grave’ Welfare State to the re-thinking of British national identity, from the emergence of a newly affluent consumer society to a visible pre-occupation with sexuality and sexual politics. This module explores the ways in which a new and diverse generation of writers came to represent the consequential changes that re-shaped Britain between the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
- To gain a critical and contextual (historical, political, cultural) understanding of a range of mid-century texts.
-To gain an understanding of the development of and experiments in literary form
- To explore the relationship of writers and their work to their social environment
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Analyse literary representation of mid-twentieth century social and cultural change.
2. Identify and compare culturally specific constructions of gender, race, class, environment.
3. Evaluate relevant scholarship on mid-century literature and culture.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Undertake independent research across a range of critical sources.
5. Produce an independently researched argument demonstrating clear communication of critical thinking, textual analysis, coherent organisation of ideas.
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 | ||
Contribution to seminars
500-word formative outline of summative assessment followed by one-to-one consultation
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 x 4,000 word assessed essay during the teaching period of semester 1 | 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: 6/21/2024
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