Our Syllabus
Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking
This module requires students to explore and evaluate a selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and are reflected in literature and other texts.
Each elective in this module involves the study of at least two print texts, relating to a particular historical period, that demonstrate the influence of particular ways of thinking on literary and other texts. In addition, students explore, analyse and critically evaluate a range of other texts that reflect these ideas.
Students explore the ways that values are inscribed in particular texts and how they are reflected by texts. They consider whether and why texts are valued in their own time. They also consider why and by whom those texts are valued today.Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the effects of particular paradigms for a range of audiences. These compositions may be realised in various forms, modes and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities and develop skills in extended composition.
ELECTIVES: Extension
MODULE B: Texts and Ways of Thinking Elective 2: Romanticism In this elective students explore texts which relate to ways of thinking characteristic of Romanticismin the late 18th century until the mid 19th century. The Romantics valued the imagination, individualism and idealism. Romanticism is typified by the search for meaning through representations of the individual’s relationship with the natural world, and wider social and political contexts. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. Experimentation with ideas and forms may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during this period.
In this elective, students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts, as well as other texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other appropriate examples. Texts should be drawn from a range of contexts and media, and should reflect the concerns of the Romantic period.
Prose Fiction
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Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey, Penguin Red Classics, 2003, ISBN: 9780141028132
Byatt, A S, Possession, Vintage/Random House, 1991, ISBN: 9780099800408
Bronte, Emily,Wuthering Heights, Penguin Red Classics, 2006, ISBN: 9780141023540
or
Poetry
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Complete Poems, Penguin Classics, 1997, ISBN: 9780140423532 ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ (1834), ‘Kubla Khan’, ‘This Lime-tree Bower My Prison’, ‘Frost at Midnight’
Keats, John, Complete Poems, Penguin Classics, 1977, ISBN: 9780140422108
‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’, ‘To Autumn’, ‘Bright Star’, ‘To Lord Byron’, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘Fancy’, ‘On the Sea’, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’
This module requires students to explore and evaluate a selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and are reflected in literature and other texts.
Each elective in this module involves the study of at least two print texts, relating to a particular historical period, that demonstrate the influence of particular ways of thinking on literary and other texts. In addition, students explore, analyse and critically evaluate a range of other texts that reflect these ideas.
Students explore the ways that values are inscribed in particular texts and how they are reflected by texts. They consider whether and why texts are valued in their own time. They also consider why and by whom those texts are valued today.Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the effects of particular paradigms for a range of audiences. These compositions may be realised in various forms, modes and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities and develop skills in extended composition.
ELECTIVES: Extension
MODULE B: Texts and Ways of Thinking Elective 2: Romanticism In this elective students explore texts which relate to ways of thinking characteristic of Romanticismin the late 18th century until the mid 19th century. The Romantics valued the imagination, individualism and idealism. Romanticism is typified by the search for meaning through representations of the individual’s relationship with the natural world, and wider social and political contexts. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. Experimentation with ideas and forms may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during this period.
In this elective, students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts, as well as other texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other appropriate examples. Texts should be drawn from a range of contexts and media, and should reflect the concerns of the Romantic period.
Prose Fiction
• • •
Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey, Penguin Red Classics, 2003, ISBN: 9780141028132
Byatt, A S, Possession, Vintage/Random House, 1991, ISBN: 9780099800408
Bronte, Emily,Wuthering Heights, Penguin Red Classics, 2006, ISBN: 9780141023540
or
Poetry
• •
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Complete Poems, Penguin Classics, 1997, ISBN: 9780140423532 ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ (1834), ‘Kubla Khan’, ‘This Lime-tree Bower My Prison’, ‘Frost at Midnight’
Keats, John, Complete Poems, Penguin Classics, 1977, ISBN: 9780140422108
‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’, ‘To Autumn’, ‘Bright Star’, ‘To Lord Byron’, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘Fancy’, ‘On the Sea’, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’