COMENTARIO DE TEXTOS LITERARIOS EN LENGUA INGLESA GUÍA DOCENTE

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1 COMENTARIO DE TEXTOS LITERARIOS EN LENGUA INGLESA GUÍA DOCENTE 1. DATOS GENERALES DE LA ASIGNATURA ASIGNATURA: Comentario de Textos Literarios en Lengua Inglesa CÓDIGO: CARÁCTER (señalar con una X la modalidad correspondiente): X_ Asignatura de Formación Básica (FB) Asignatura obligatoria (OB) Asignatura optativa (OP) CENTRO: Facultad de Letras de Ciudad Real GRADO: Estudios Ingleses RAMA DE CONOCIMIENTO: Artes y Humanidades CRÉDITOS ECTS: 6 CURSO: 1º SEMESTRE: 2º LENGUA EN QUE SE IMPARTIRÁ: Inglés USO DOCENTE DE OTRAS LENGUAS (sólo si es relevante): PROFESORADO QUE LA IMPARTE NOMBRE/S: Ángel Mateos-Aparicio Martín-Albo Angel.Mateos@uclm.es DEPARTAMENTO: Filología Moderna DESPACHO: 217 HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN AL ALUMNO: Por determinar JUSTIFICACIÓN EN EL PLAN DE ESTUDIOS, RELACIÓN CON OTRAS ASIGNATURAS Y CON LA PROFESIÓN 1

2 La asignatura desarrolla los contenidos de la materia Comentario de Textos Literarios en Lengua Inglesa del módulo Fundamentos del grado Estudios Ingleses y desarrolla contenidos del área Literatura Inglesa Tiene carácter profesionalizante Sí No x Para la relación detallada con otras asignaturas del presente título y la actividad profesional remitimos a la correspondiente memoria del grado 2. REQUISITOS PREVIOS El alumno deberá: Although there are no specific prerequisites for this course, knowledge of written and spoken English at a B1 level is highly recommended 2

3 3. COMPETENCIAS DE LA TITULACIÓN QUE LA ASIGNATURA CONTRIBUYE A ALCANZAR (consultar Proyecto de Título e incluir aquí sólo las trabajadas específicamente - y, por tanto, evaluables-, en esta asignatura) 4. OBJETIVOS O RESULTADOS ESPERADOS 3

4 Generales: - The ability to analyse and synthesise information - Basic general knowledge of the subject - Basic knowledge of related professional skills - Basic information technology (IT) skills - Capacity to learn - Ability to manage information - Capacity to think critically and have a self-critical approach to their own writing - Capacity to how initiative and think creatively - Problem-solving skills - Team work skills - Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team or group - Ability to work independently Específicas: - Knowledge of English literature - Knowledge of the techniques and methods of literary analysis - Knowledge of rhetoric and stylistics - Knowledge of textual criticism and text editing - Knowledge of theoretical and methodological perspectives in literary theory and criticism - Ability to source, manage and process bibliographic information - Ability to understand and transfer scholarly knowledge in the target language(s) - Ability to critically judge and evaluate bibliographical material and to position it within a theoretical framework - Capacity for critical thinking - Capacity to communicate effectively and fluently in speech - Capacity to analyse and synthesise complex data 5. TEMARIO / CONTENIDOS Students should be able to: 1. Understand a literary text in English at a simple level. 2. Construct their own critical opinion about a literary text. 3. Identify the main theme and the internal and external structure of a simple literary text. 4. Use specific terminology about literary criticism in English at a basic level. 5. Present an argumentative text in speech and in writing at a basic level, as well as communicate their ideas in English both orally and in writing. 6. Establish the relationship between a literary text and the worldview that sustains it, in order to understand and explain its main characteristics and its relationship with the whole work of the author, and with its social context. 7. Analyse the main formal and semantic components of a literary text at a Basic level. 8. Use new technologies as a tool for specific information search. 4

5 CONTENTS: 1. Theoretical introduction and discussion. This activity will be carried out by the teacher in a general introduction. It focuses on the main lines of the critical approach to literary texts. Brief reflection about critical activity in literature. 2. After this general introduction, the teaching activity becomes more practical and specific, applied the main strategies for literary analysis to the following list of set readings: 1. Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3. E. M. Forster, The Machine Stops 4. Thomas Pynchon, Entropy 5. John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men 6. William Golding, Lord of the Flies 7. Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho 8. J. G. Ballard, Cocaine Nights 3. Each of the set readings will be analysed using the same repeated procedure: a. Theoretical discussions (2): After a research carried out by students, the analysis of each reading will begin with an introduction to the literary text in relation to the author s literary career as well as in its social, historical and aesthetic context. b. Reflection and discussion about the literary texts (set readings). c. Use of the techniques and resources of the critical approach to literary texts in speech and in writing. d. Development of the critical attitude abilities when reading literary texts and when generating creative essays. Ability to explain and defend through argumentation their own ideas about the literary works, and ability to communicate and give arguments to support them in public (in the context of the classroom). 4. Additional (voluntary) readings: - Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook - Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions 5

6 6 y 7. ACTIVIDADES O BLOQUES DE ACTIVIDAD Y METODOLOGÍA CON SU CARGA EN HORAS DE TRABAJO PARA ALUMNO Y PROFESOR Y SU VALORACIÓN Actividades Tiempo de actividad presencial (Profesor y Alumno) Tiempo de actividad autónoma (Alumno) Tiempo total Valoración en nota final Clase teórica: impartición de contenidos teóricos 4h 4h Clases prácticas: a) Seminarios sobre las lecturas (incluye siguientes actividades): Trabajo en seminario para exposición individual Preparación de trabajo en grupo para exposición en clase Comentario y ejercicios sobre lecturas en grupo Ejercicios de autocomprobación: debate Preparación de temas 4h x 4 seminarios sobre textos breves: 16h 8h x 4 seminarios sobre novelas: 32h Total seminarios prácticos: 48h b) Atención tutorial en grupo Tutorías en grupo: 4h Total: 52h 52h 10% Asistencia y participación 30% presentación oral 40% 6

7 Lecturas: 2h x 4 textos breves 15 h x lectura 4 novelas: 60h Textos breves total: 8h Novelas total: 60h Total lectura: 68h 68h Presentación trabajo oral y escrito: 1. Presentación oral de una lectura (en clases prácticas/seminarios) EVALUABLE 1. 2h preparación y búsqueda bibliográfica + 2h presentación oral: 4h 2. Trabajo creativo (creative essay) EVALUABLE Tutoría individualizada del trabajo creativo 2h 2. 10h preparación y búsqueda bibliográfica + 10 horas redacción trabajo: 20h Total trabajos: 24h 26h 60% Sesiones de evaluación (dentro de clases prácticas) TOTAL 58 horas 92 horas 150 horas 100% Horas Horas 6 CRÉDITOS ECTS 7

8 8. CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN The evaluation system would be as follows: 1. Class attendance and active participation will be 10% of the final mark to be assessed weekly. (Although not specifically separated, it includes attendance and participation in lectures and seminars). 2. Oral presentation of one of the set readings. It implies bibliographical research, personal analysis, and presentation and defence of the work in the seminars. It should also stimulate other students to participate so that a general discussion about the reading follows. This activity will be 30% of the final mark. 3. Creative essay on one of the set readings. It is designed to be like a second, more extensive part of the work initiated for the oral presentation. This essay is language as well as critical practice, and attention will be paid to correctness in English. The quality of the analysis, the structure, argumentation, originality and presentation will all be considered in its evaluation. This final essay will be 60% of the final mark, as it requires more and more serious work than the oral presentation. 8

9 9. CRONOGRAMA / CALENDARIO COURSE CALENDAR UNITS Class activities Students work Evaluation process 1st week (Year 10/11, February 1 st, 2011). 2nd week 1. Theoretical Introduction Lectures Class attendance Bibliographical resources Presentation research Presentation preparation Reading Essay research and composition 3rd week Set reading 1 Seminar¹ 10% class attendance and participation 30% presentation evaluation (per student) 4th week Set reading 2 Seminar 5th week Set reading 3 Seminar 6th week Set reading 4 Seminar 7th week Set reading 5 Seminar 8th week Set reading 5 Seminar 9th week Set reading 6 Seminar 10th week Set reading 6 Seminar 11th week Set reading 7 Seminar 9 12th week Set reading 7 Seminar

10 10. BIBLIOGRAFÍA, RECURSOS a) Basic Bibliography on Literary Criticism: 1. Main bibliography for initial theoretical introduction: Boulton, Marjorie The Anatomy of the Novel. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Bressler, Charles E Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs Secondary bibliography on the critical approach to literature: Allen, Walter, The English Novel: A Short Critical History. London: Penguin Beard, Adrian Texts and Context: An Introduction to Literature and Language Study. London: Routledge. Bradbury, Malcolm The Modern British Novel. London: Penguin. Boulton, Marjorie. (V) The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. Cambridge: CUP. Davis, Robert C Contemporary Literary Criticism: Literary and Cultural Studies. London: Longman. Eaglestone, Robert Doing English: A Guide for Literature Students. London: Routledge Groden, Michael and Martin Kreiswirth The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Lodge, David The Art of Fiction. London: Penguin. Lodge, David (ed.) th Century Literary Criticism: A Reader. London: Longman. Richards, I.A (1964). Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgement. London: Routledge. 10