School of English
Module manager: Professor Christiana Gregoriou
Email: c.gregoriou@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Students (who have not completed a level one module in English Language and/or Linguistics) must at least have completed an English language A-level. Students who wish to do this module, but do not meet this requirement, should consult the module tutor, as should any student who is uncertain whether they meet this requirement.
| ENGL2044 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
What happens when we read prose fiction? Why do we love some novels and not others? How does such fiction enable pleasurable access to what fictional people are thinking, and can such access invite readers to adopt different ways of seeing the world? In answering such questions, the module transforms prose fictional texts into accounts of their experience, into events that happen, and which the readers actively participate in. We employ stylistics and cognitive poetics as methods through which to access, observe and respond to these experiences. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
Students taking this module will
- engage with stylistic and cognitive poetics
- develop relevant skills with which to analyse, and explain the impact and effect of, both short and long prose fictional narratives
- better understand how readers experience reading prose fiction
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Articulate a complex understanding of prose fiction as a genre.
2. Critically evaluate stylistic and cognitive poetic theory and terminology;
3. Engage in sophisticated analysis of how such texts work.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
4. Demonstrate understanding drawn from complex debates.
5. Communicate ideas effectively in speech and writing.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Presentation | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Individual Support | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 180 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students deliver unassessed/formative group presentations in seminars, to which they receive feedback.
Students are invited to in-person meetings for feedback to all assessed/summative assessment.
Feedback on the first assessed assessment is formative for the second assessed assessment.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Essay | 30 |
| Coursework | Essay OR creative writing AND academic/critical/reflective. | 70 |
| 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: 31/03/2025
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