2. Gestión del tiempo de dedicación
Asignatura cuatrimestral de 5 créditos ECTS:
equivalentes a 125 horas de dedicación.
Un cuatrimestre consta de 13 semanas lectivas.
9 y 10 horas de estudio a la semana.
3. CTLLI se divide en cinco unidades:
• Cada unidad consta de:
1. Extractos de textos de crítica de los pensadores de
cada movimiento:
– Movimientos
– Autores representativos.
2. Libros de Texto de Barry y Ryan
3. Lectura y análisis de textos literarios:
– Poemas:
– 2 los libros de lectura obligatoria:
• “The bluest eye” de Toni Morrison
• “Heart of Darkness” de Joseph Conrad
4. Materiales Necesarios:Guía de Estudio en CV. Plan de Trabajo y PAT
Para: Introduction to critical and literary theory:
• BARRY, Peter. Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural
Theory. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2002
• RYAN, Michael. Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell,
2007.
Critical texts:
• Brief extracts from the following literary and critical theorists: Roland Barthes,
Jacques Derrida, Hayden White, Stuart Hall, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar,
Adrienne Rich, Barbara Smith, Chinua Achebe, Edward Said, available in Guía
de estudio para cada Unidad in C.V.
Literary Texts:
• Dylan Thomas’ poem, “A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in
London” (Barry, Appendix 2: pp. 275-276).
• Elizabeth Bishop’s poems:
– “Twelve O’Clock News” (pdf document on the curso virtual: C.V).
– “Roosters” (pdf document on the C.V).
– “In the Waiting Room” and “Exchanging Hats” (pdf documents on the C.V).
• Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899, 1902).
• Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970).
6. Desglose detallado del programa del
curso y el Plan de Acción Tutorial
(PAT)
para cada semana
CTLI se divide en cinco unidades:
7. UNIT 1: Introduction to Poststructuralist
Theories Duración: 2 semanas
1. Critical Authors and Texts
• ROLAND BARTHES (1915-1968). Extract from “The Death of
the Author” (1968). Self-assessment exercises.
• JACQUES DERRIDA (1930-2004). Extract from Of
Grammatology (1967).
2. Introduction to critical and literary theory
• Readings from Barry, Chapter 3, “Post-structuralism and
deconstruction” and
• Ryan, Chapter 4, “Poststructuralism, deconstruction, Post-
Modernism.
3. Literary Texts
• Dylan Thomas’ poem, “A refusal to mourn the death, by fire,
of a child in London” (Barry, Appendix 2: pp. 275-276).
8. UNIT 2: Introduction to New
Historicism Duración: 2 semanas
1. Critical Authors and Texts
• HAYDEN WHITE (b. 1928). Extract from “The Historical Text as
Literary Artifact” (1978).
• STEPHEN GREENBLATT (b. 1943). Extract from “Introduction
to The Power of Forms in the English Renaissance” (1988).
2. Critical and literary theory
• Readings from Barry, Chapter 9, “New historicism and cultural
criticism” and Ryan, Chapter 8, “History”.
3. Literary texts
• Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Twelve O’Clock News” (pdf document
on the curso virtual: C.V).
9. UNIT 3: Introduction to Feminism
Duración: 2 semanas
1. Critical Authors and Texts
• SANDRA GILBERT (b. 1936) and SUSAN GUBAR (b.
1944). Extract from the Madwoman in the Attic (1979).
2. Critical and literary theory
• Readings from Barry, Chapter 6, “Feminist Criticism”.
3. Literary texts
• Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Roosters” (pdf document on
the C.V).
10. UNIT 4: Introduction to Gender
and Queer Studies Duración: 2 semanas
1. Critical Authors and Texts
• ADRIENNE RICH (b. 1929). Extract from “Compulsory
Heterosexuality and Lesbian Continuum” (1980).
• BARBARA SMITH (b. 1946). Extract from “Toward a
Black Feminist Criticism” (1977).
2. Introduction to critical and literary theory
• Readings from Barry, Chapter 7, “Lesbian/Gay
Criticism” and Ryan, Chapter 7, “Gender Studies”.
3. Literary texts
• Elizabeth Bishop’s poems “In the Waiting Room” and
“Exchanging Hats” (pdf documents on the C.V).
11. UNIT 5: Introduction to Ethnic and
Post-Colonial Studies Duración: 2 semanas
1. Critical Authors and Texts:
• CHINUA ACHEBE (b. 1930). Extract from “An Image of Africa:
Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” (1975).
• EDWARD SAID (1935-2003). Extract from Orientalism (1978).
2. Introduction to critical and literary theory
• Readings from Barry, Chapter 10, “Postcolonial criticism”
• Ryan, Chapters 9 & 10, “Ethnic Studies” and “Post-Colonial and
Global English Studies”.
3. Literary texts
• Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899, 1902).
• Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970).
12. UNIT 6: Exam Preparation
Duration: aprox. 2 weeks
This unit comprises the following activities:
Revision (= repaso) of contents of course units
Discussion of queries (=dudas) in tutorials and/or
through the c.v.
Mock exam in final tutorial or on line
13. PAT (Plan de Acción Tutorial)
FECHA DE
TUTORÍA
DESARROLLO TEMÁTICO
Sesión 1
Introduction to the subject.
Sesión 2
UNIT 1: Introduction to Poststructuralist Theories
Critical writings: Roland Barthes.
Sesión 3
UNIT 1: Deconstruction
Critical writings: Jacques Derrida.
Sesión 4
UNIT 2: Introduction to New Historicism
Critical writings: Hayden White.
Sesión 5
UNIT 2: New Historicism
Critical writings: Stephen Greenblatt.
Sesión 6
UNIT 3: Introduction to Feminism
Critical writings: Sandra Gilbert & Susan Gubar.
Sesión 7
UNIT 4: Introduction to Gender and Queer Studies
Critical writings: Adrienne Rich.
Sesión 8
UNIT 4: Gender and Queer Studies
Critical writings: Barbara Smith.
Sesión 9
UNIT 5: Introduction to Ethnic and Post-Colonial Studies
Critical writings: Chinua Achebe.
Sesión 10
UNIT 5: Ethnic and Post-Colonial Studies
Critical writings: Edward Said.
Sesión 11
Exam Preparation Unit
Activities: summary of course units, discussion of queries and problems online, in tutorials or groups, mock exam.
Sesión 12
Exam Preparation Unit
Activities: summary of course units, discussion of queries and problems online, in tutorials or groups, mock exam.
14. División de contenidos de cada
Unidad
1. CRITICAL AUTHORS & Movements
2. INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL AND LITERARY
THEORY (Barry and Ryan)
3. LITERARY TEXTS
15. 1. CRITICAL AUTHORS
& Movements
Here you will be asked to:
- Read and understand the extract.
- Provide definitions or explanations of a number of key
words.
- Analyse the main ideas.
- Provide a summary of the extract.
16. 2. INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL
AND LITERARY THEORY
(Barry and Ryan)
You will need to:
- Read and understand an extract from a chapter or the
chapter in full.
- Answer questions on it.
- Summarize the key points and arguments.
17. 3. LITERARY TEXTS
• You will be required to
- Read and understand the text.
- Write a summary of what you think the text is ‘about’.
- Look up and provide definitions for certain words.
- Answer questions on the text’s literary devices,
figurative language, form, etc.
- Where appropriate, carry out exercises taken from
Barry or Ryan.
18. Otras Necesidades
• A good monolingual English dictionary i.e:
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/post-structuralism
• Access to the internet and the curso virtual. This is
essential: all study material for Comentario de textos
literarios en lengua inglesa is available through the curso
virtual.
• A minimum of an hour-and-a-half daily (including
weekends!)
19. Bibliografía complementaria
LEITCH, VINCENT B., The Norton Anthology of Theory
and Criticism. New York: W.W.Norton and Co., 2001.
BALDICK, CHRIS.
Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1990.
CASHMORE, ELLIS. Ed.
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. London:
Routledge, 1996.
20. Evaluación
• Hay dos itinerarios para las calificaciones finales:
a. Sin evaluación continua: El examen representa el 100%
de la evaluación
b. Con evaluación continua: El examen representa el 80%
de la evaluación, las Pruebas de Evaluación Continua o
PECs representan el 20%
- La calificación final se obtiene de la suma de
las PEC y del examen final en la Evaluación Continua.
21. Información sobre Pruebas de
Evaluación Continua: PECs
(Tambien llamadas PEDs o Pruebas de Evaluación a Distancia)
• Existen dos pruebas de Evaluación Continua.
– La primera prueba suele ser la primera semana de
diciembre y la segunda prueba la segunda o tercera
semana de enero.
– Se cuelgan en el C.V en TareasTareas
– Estas deben ser entregadas a través del C.V
