Correspondence in the Long 19th Century
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4322 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4322
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod provides students with an introduction to the most important and necessary form of written communication in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: correspondence. Students will look at examples of who we study and why, examining the function of correspondence in both literary spaces as well as the everyday. They will learn how to use correspondence as a primary resource, as well as how to transcribe manuscript letters and embed correspondence in studies of the long nineteenth century.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, and Romantic and Gothic Writing. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Understand what correspondence was in the nineteenth century.
Demonstrate critical understanding of how changes in communication shaped authorial identity.
Evaluate how the practices of writing and reading correspondence are represented in literature and influenced composition.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).