DT517 BA (Hons) English Studies and Languages
Year 1
List of English Modules
Semesters
1/2
Contact
Hours per
week
10
1+2
3
Text and Research **
5
1
3
ENGA 1012
Introduction to Cinema English-speaking
world **
5
1
3
ENGA
101XX
Introduction to Culture, Identity &Memory**
5
1
3
ENGA1014
Text and Narrative **
5
2
3
ENGA1013
Introduction to Linguistics **
5
2
3
Module
Code
Module Title
ENGA1010
Composition & Writing Skills **
ENGA 1011
Total
ECTS (*)
(**) Modules open to Erasmus students who have passed the English for Academic Purpose
Placement Test at Advanced Level
BA (Hons) English Studies and Languages
Year 1 – Module Descriptors
Business modules
Composition and Writing
Skills
Through a year-long series of in-class and out-of-class exercises,
students will acquire more sophisticated literacy skills, become
competent in recognising and using standard English grammar,
become adept at applying particular prose writing strategies, and
become acquainted with appropriate on-line modes and methods of
written delivery in a professional context. In so doing, students will
also develop basic document editing and formatting skills.
Text and Research
This module introduces the student to post-secondary level study of
literature in English and textual analysis across the different genres
and media. The course provides a review of the key terms and
definitions required for the discussion and study of literature at this
level. Particular attention is paid to the dependence of definitions and
classifications on the evolution of historically grown terms, ideas and
genres. The course focuses on the practical interpretative and critical
presentation, use and evaluation of primarily literary texts in English
on the basis of these definitions, fostering critical and autonomous
engagement with canonical texts. Texts used will be largely from the
20th century, but the student will also be introduced to texts
constitutive of genre and epoch.
Introduction to Cinema
English-speaking World
This module presents an overview of Cinema in the English language
through its main eras and stages since its early days until the present
day. The emphasis of the course is on the chronological development
of cinema as an art through the study of the most representative films
and authors of the English-speaking world. Students will also be
introduced to the principal theories of film criticism and will learn to
analyse and discuss films drawing on elements such as genre, form,
style, mise-en-scene, content, narrative, structure and character. The
module also seeks to give a clear insight into the cross-cultural
influences between films, authors, and movements within the
English-speaking world.
Introduction to Culture,
Identity & Memory
Text and Narrative
Introduction to
Linguistics
This module introduces students to a range of questions and issues
surrounding culture, identity and memory and develops student
understanding of the formation and mediation of cultural identity and
memory.
The aims of this module are as follows:
 To introduce students to more comprehensive and critical
understanding of the complexity of culture and identity.
 To develop student understanding of cultural identity and
collective memory and to explore processes of formation,
mediation and marginalization
This module explores the narrative construction of literature,
especially in the context of its cultural function, while continuing to
engage the students with critical and theoretical developments in
textual analysis and cultural theory. Although the course concentrates
on English literature, it also confronts the student with paradigmatic
and comparative texts of other literary traditions (in English). Texts
used will be largely from the 20th century, but the student will also
deal with texts and formats constitutive of various genres, epochs and
media. The course will focus on short prose, but will also engage with
drama, poetry and non-literary media.
This module is an introduction to the discipline of linguistics. It will
present students with an overview of the subject, its main
components, its development, its theories. It will encourage reflection
on topics of general linguistic interest, such as sociolinguistics,
psycholinguistics, language acquisition, language policies, etc. It will
equip them with knowledge and skills in the 5 areas of phonetics,
morphology, the lexicon, syntax and semantics. Above all, it will
support the development of the students competence as language
learners.