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ENG-20084 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 12 May 2024

ENG-20084 - Local Literature in Action
Coordinator: Ceri Morgan Room: CBB0.055 Tel: +44 1782 7 34076
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Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

How do local literature and the real-life city of Stoke-on-Trent relate to each other? What can reading and writing do in the world? How can we draw on English and Creative Writing skills to engage publics outside universities? During this module, you will read a range of literary texts set in Stoke, alongside critical and theoretical material. You will receive training in creative arts public engagement, and be supported to devise and plan your own public engagement activity.

Aims
To equip students with an understanding of local literature.
To introduce students to practical, real-world applications of English Studies (literature and Creative Writing).
To give students an opportunity to conceive and devise a real-world public engagement activity in English literary studies or creative writing.
To introduce students to key issues, theoretical approaches, ethical requirements, and best practice relevant to arts-based public engagement and participatory research.
To develop critical, analytical and problem based learning skills, including: independent active learning; communication, numeracy, time management, self management, skills for team working and/or collaboration, adaptability.
To enable students to explore the processes of writing original work.
To provide students with an understanding and experience of writers' workshops and the giving and receiving of critical feedback among peers.

Intended Learning Outcomes

conceive and formulate effective arguments about literature, creative writing, criticism and theory in written forms: 1
develop research skills through the exploration and deployment of a range of media (codex, digitised material, internet sources, etc): 1,2
utilise a range of approaches within literary criticism and theory (literary urban studies, deindustrialisation studies, etc) based on the study of primary material and secondary sources: 1
write a number of creative pieces (poetry and/or prose--fiction/creative nonfiction) and know how they are constructed, read and respond to published work and/or the work of peers: 1
acquire knowledge of the contexts of their reading and writing: literary, sociocultural, and personal: 2
acquire knowledge, skills and understanding of ethical practice, arts citizenship, and 'practice research'
: 2

Study hours

Workshops - 20 hours
Training - 10
Directed learning and individual consultation - 6 hours
Preparation for workshops - 34 hours
Completing assessment 1 - 40 hours
Completing assessment 2 - 40 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 60%
A 1100-word essay (+/- 10%) or creative writing portfolio
Students will choose 1 option from the below (A or B) A. Students will choose 1 question from a list of 4-6. The question will require them to analyse a literary text on the module, adopting the research methods of close reading and application of secondary criticism and/or theory (1100 words +/- 10%). B. Students will write a portfolio, comprising poetry and/or creative prose (fiction, creative nonfiction). The portfolio may be 1100 (+/- 10%) words of prose, an equivalent quantity of poetry, or a mixture of the poetry and prose. 500 words of prose is the equivalent of 1 poem.

2: Creative Brief weighted 40%
Public engagement activity description and workplan: 1000 words (+/- 10%) )
1 x creative brief comprising: 1) a summary of the proposed public engagement activity written in accessible language (language that will be understood by a broad audience). 2) a reflective commentary that situates the public engagement activity in relation to: a) set reading on the module, and b) the particular geographical and sociocultural contexts for which the activity is designed, considering 1-2 potential impacts (e.g. place-making, community memory and identity) of the activity. 3) a workplan setting out key milestones for the project, which demonstrates feasibility, engagement with best practice models (e.g. via opportunities for community review) and adaptability (e.g. via alternative delivery forms, contingency plan).

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 12 May 2024