| CODE | ENG3051 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Ideas and Concepts | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | English | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides students with the opportunity for guided synoptic study, leading to a three-hour exam. Three main areas of English studies – literature, linguistics, cultural criticism – are represented through a close focus on three themes, namely, Irony, Discourse and Contemporary Mythologies. In this study-unit, the focus is on Ideas and Concepts pertaining to the indicated themes, unlike ENG3052, where the emphasis falls on practical applications and interpretation. Study-unit Aims: - To introduce students to the expectations and demands of synoptic study; - To provide students with guidance and opportunities for discussion of synoptic approaches to literature, linguistics and cultural criticism; - To gently introduce students to the monographic teaching prevalent in postgraduate courses; - To assess students, in formal examinations, on their grasp of key ideas and concepts within English Studies. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Appreciate the pervasiveness of irony in literary texts, and its value as a trope through which entire literary histories and traditions can be approached; - Grasp established and evolving theoretical positions on the study of Irony in literary criticism and theory; - Appreciate the importance of Discourse as a broad conceptual category within Linguistics that has, nonetheless, some quite specific meanings in this area of study; - Appreciate the resonances of mythology generally in established and evolving culture; - Approach contemporary mythologies as a means to learning more about the fields of cultural criticism and cultural studies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Think synoptically about the themes indicated; - Write synoptically about the above, with appropriate skills in structuring an answer accordingly; - Move from the general to the specific (and back again), in thought and expression, doing so with appropriate critical and theoretical resonances; - Discern irony across diverse texts and contexts within literary and cultural tradition; - Discern the principal critical and theoretical outlooks on irony, and the way they affirm or contradict each other; - Draw together some of the main theoretical outlooks and understandings of Discourse as a category in Linguistics; - Approach discourse as an important category that both bridges and distinguishes different approaches in Linguistics; - Connect different approaches to the study of ancient and contemporary mythologies, doing so in the context of cultural criticism and cultural studies. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Because of the nature of the study-unit, reading lists are not being indicated here, but reading packs will be provided at the start of the second semester of each academic year. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Synoptic Study-Unit | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Aaron Aquilina Mario Aquilina Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone Stella Borg Barthet Norbert Bugeja Ivan Callus James David Corby Giuliana Fenech Maria Frendo Marija Grech Lydia Sciriha Odette Vassallo |
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