Nineteenth-Century American Literature
General Information
Estimated learning time
Recommendations
Competences / Learning outcomes
Learning objectives
Teaching blocks
Teaching methods and general organization
Official assessment of learning outcomes
Reading and study resources
General Information
| Course unit name | Nineteenth-Century American Literature |
| Course unit code | 362730 |
| Academic year | 2024/2025 |
| Coordinator | Clara Escoda Agusti |
| Department | Department of Modern Languages, Modern Literature and English Studies |
| Credits | 6 |
| Single program | No definit |
Estimated learning time
| Activities | Type of training | Hours | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face and/or online activities | 46 | ||
| - Lecture with practical component | Face-to-face | 46 | |
| Supervised project | 50 | ||
| Independent learning | 54 |
Recommendations
Competences / Learning outcomes to be gained during study
- Commitment to ethical practice (critical and self-critical capabilities/capacity to demonstrate attitudes consistent with accepted notions of ethical practice).
- Capacity for learning and responsibility (capacity for analysis and synthesis, to adopt global perspectives and to apply the knowledge acquired/capacity to take decisions and adapt to new situations).
- Ability to work individually or as part of a team.
- Ability to use bibliographical resources and ICTs as learning and communication tools.
- Descriptive and critical skills.
- Flexibility in the interpretation of English texts from different eras, traditions or cultural groups.
- Capacity to work actively and successfully in an academic environment in which English is the primary language.
- Knowledge of Anglophone literary criticism and intellectual paradigms.
Teaching blocks
1 The first literature of the United States
2 The American Renaissance<i></i>
3 Slave narrative<i></i>
4 Post-Civil War literature
Teaching methods and general organization
The teaching methodology combines a theoretical and practical approach including theory sessions and practical activities such as debates, classroom group work and oral presentations, written assignments and information research. The gender perspective will be taken into consideration in the content of the subject.
Official assessment of learning outcomes
Continuous assessment
Continuous assessment is the option by default. It consists of two written exams during the semester. Students must sit both exams to be eligible to pass the subject.
Students who cannot follow the continuous assessment procedure may request single assessment provided they do so by the deadline established in the Faculty’s exam calendar.
Single assessment consists of a single final examination worth 100% of the final grade; linguistic accuracy is taken into account.
Repeat assessment
In the re-evaluation test, which will take place on the date assigned by the Faculty, students who have opted for continuous assessment will have the opportunity to retake, at the teacher’s discretion, the exams, tests, or other assessment activities that they have not passed in the previous sitting.