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This course will focus on the ways in which non-standard English is used within anglophone literary texts from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. Classes will cover a wide range of geographical spaces and publishing contexts discussing Scots-language poetry, postcolonial approaches to English, and African-American literature. Authors covered may include: Robert Burns, Zora Neale Hurston, Anne Donovan, Jackie Kay, Chinua Achebe, Tom Leonard, and Percival Everett.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will focus on the ways in which non-standard English is used within anglophone literary texts from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. Classes will cover a wide range of geographical spaces and publishing contexts discussing Scots-language poetry, postcolonial approaches to English, and African-American literature. Authors covered may include: Robert Burns, Zora Neale Hurston, Anne Donovan, Jackie Kay, Chinua Achebe, Tom Leonard, and Percival Everett.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
1,000-words. Written feedback will be provided. Further oral feedback available on request. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 17 | Feedback Weeks | 20 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided. Oral feedback available on request. |
Word Count | 3500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Students completing the course will be able to engage with key debates around the status of non-standard English verbally and in writing. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Students completing the course will have a developed knowledge and understanding of the history of English language use in British, American and Postcolonial literary contexts. |
| Procedural | Apply | Students completing the course will be able to produce critical interpretations of texts from the course verbally and in writing. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 | Feedback Weeks | 18 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 | Feedback Weeks | 18 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Students completing the course will be able to engage with key debates around the status of non-standard English verbally and in writing. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Students completing the course will have a developed knowledge and understanding of the history of English language use in British, American and Postcolonial literary contexts. |
| Procedural | Apply | Students completing the course will be able to produce critical interpretations of texts from the course verbally and in writing. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Written feedback will be provided. Oral feedback on request. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | Students completing the course will be able to produce critical interpretations of texts from the course verbally and in writing. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Students completing the course will be able to engage with key debates around the status of non-standard English verbally and in writing. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Students completing the course will have a developed knowledge and understanding of the history of English language use in British, American and Postcolonial literary contexts. |
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