Module Assessment
This module is assessed by a 6,000 word essay.
Students should come up with their own essay titles in dialogue with the module tutor; titles must be sent to the tutor for approval by the end of Term 1. Tutors keep office hours during term time, and you should feel free to approach your tutor during these times, or at an alternative mutually agreed time. You’ll find a tutor’s office hours posted outside their door and also on their page on the Department’s website.
For this module, essays must be comparative, taking the form of a comparison/discussion of at least two primary (literary) texts from different countries that illustrate, interrogate or build upon select theory from the module. In particular cases students may opt to write an essay which focuses solely on theory, however topics will have to be approved by the tutor.
In all cases, essays must attend to contextual specificities of geography and/or history while demonstrating knowledge and understanding of a wide range of critical and theoretical writing on World Literature.
However, essays should not attempt to cover everything in the module! Please focus on the particular aspects of the module that most interested you.
Essays are marked according to the criteria in the course handbooks.