Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Transnational Literature
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	English Literature
Module Code	09 37016
Module Lead	Rebecca Roach
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	We tend to approach the study of literature from national perspectives: English Literature, American Literature, Indian Literature in English. But authors and texts have always travelled, looking outside national boundaries for inspiration. Literatures have often developed across borders, empires and global contexts. This module introduces students to transnational (literally, ‘across nations’) approaches to literature. Students will explore a number of themes, including migration, nationhood, textual circulation and translation, in texts from across historical periods.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of and an ability to identify the different factors that have made literature transnational until the present day; Demonstrate a knowledge of, and make informed comparisons between, literatures from different contexts; Situate the place of national and transnational cultures across anglophone literary history; Show understanding of relevant scholarship and approaches to the transnational as a critical framework.
Assessment	37016-01 : 2000 Word Essay : Coursework (50%) 37016-02 : 2000 Word Essay : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	1,000 word essay (30%) 2,000 word essay (70%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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