This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The module proceeds from the assumption that linguistics and literary study should not be separated, and it aims to provide students with the kinds of advanced theoretical knowledge needed to become creative-thinking and, crucially, interdisciplinary experts in literary linguistics. The course provides an innovative integration of English language into literary studies, and covers a wide range of material, combining theoretical and ideological dimensions with practical applications, including, but not limited to, text-world theory, cognitive poetics, narratology and dialect in literature. It aims to be rigorous and principled, in line with other disciplines that come under the umbrella of language and linguistics study, while offering an approach to literary language study that is fundamentally humanistic in orientation. The module explores the languages of literary texts and literary reading, from the most focused study of the texture of language right up to the ideological and cultural practices of world literatures.
Total Contact Hours: 20
Private Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
Main assessment methods
Essay (3500 words) – 100%
Reassessment methods
100% coursework:
The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices. The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages: https://kent.rl.talis.com/index.html
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Identify and demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the latest major theoretical positions used in stylistics as a discipline (with reference to the most recent research) concerned with applying models from linguistics to the interpretation of texts;
2 Show through practical evidence the feasibility of linguistic models, justifying their rationale from analysis of a range of texts from different genres at the forefront of the discipline;
3 Select and apply precise linguistic, stylistic and narratological terminology to the study of poetry, prose and drama texts, coming to a detailed understanding of the current position of the discipline;
4 Show an advanced-level understanding of the latest trends, themes and developments within the discipline of stylistics, specifically: cognitive poetics, text-world theory, deictic shift theory, dialect in literature, representation of discourse and contemporary narratology;
5 Present, evaluate and interpret to a professional level both qualitative and quantitative stylistic and linguistic data to develop lines of argument and make sound, rigorous judgements about literary discourse;
6 Demonstrate their understanding of the numerous interconnections and interfaces between the study of English literature and language.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Engage in critical reflection and written analysis of various texts and secondary critical commentary;
2 Demonstrate the ability to undertake sustained independent research and learning and reflect critically on their own academic work;
3 Present sustained cogent arguments;
4 Deploy high-level problem-solving skills
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