Critical Contexts (ENGL0071)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: English Language and Literature
Credit value: 30

Restrictions: This module is available only to students on the MA English: Issues in Modern Culture programme.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module, which is taught in the autumn term, explores modern culture from 1900 to the present day by reading literature and other art forms (ranging from the high-brow to the popular) in the context of a broad range of societal, philosophical, and technological developments.

The following topics may be covered: Modernity and the City; Underworlds; City Symphonies; Underworlds; The Wireless Imagination; Haunting; Filming New York; TV and the City, The Wire; Print Culture; Psychogeography; Blackness and the City.

It is assessed by a 4,000-word essay submitted in the spring term.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 48
Module leader: Dr Scarlett Baron
Who to contact for more information: n.clark@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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