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ALE228
Working with Practitioners (Health, Law, Education, Technology)
Applied Linguistics connects language theories and evidence with real world challenges, and this often requires the applied linguist to work closely with professionals and practitioners. This module brings students into direct contact with these users of applied linguistics methods, via industry visits, case study analyses, and placement experience. Students will have the opportunity to focus on a particular industry sector (e.g. health care, law, education, technology) and to consider what they as applied linguists can learn from and contribute to that sector.
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ALE229
History of the English Language
This module covers the history of the English language from its beginnings as part of the Indo-European family of languages, through its various changes: from Old English to Middle English, with some attention paid to Early Modern English.
You will determine the processes through which a standard (English) evolves, examining selected texts from different periods, reflecting on the relationships between these chapters in the development of the English language. Throughout the module, students will consider the features of internal language systems with the social, cultural and political conditions and contexts for linguistic development and evolution.
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ALE322
Language Policy and Planning
This module looks at why we might need to plan for a language and how this might feed into policy. We will consider language planning from the point of view of both status planning (how a language is used within its community), corpus planning (the structure of a language) and acquisition planning (efforts to enable individuals or groups to learn a language). Attention will be given to bodies and institutions, which are involved in making language policy and examples from different language communities in the world will be studied. Throughout this module, we will explore the complex factors and implications of planning and policy: implications for equality and diversity, innovation versus conservative approaches and from a regional/national level to the international stage
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ALE323
Stylistics: Language in Literature, Film and Video Gaming
Why do authors choose particular combinations of words, phrases in their writing? How do filmmakers put together images or sounds to create their narrative? What does the use of regional dialect in the creation of a character indicate? What effect do choices in sentence length, or a particular register signify? Is there a specific language of genre? Can you distinguish one writer or creator¿s style from another? What role does language play within a text? This course connects form with meaning and function, delving into major genres of cultural production (typically literature, film, video games and other texts from popular culture) to examine the linguistic choices made by authors or creators in order to create meaning and effect. Designed to provide a systematic way of exploring texts, the course will explore creativity in fictive language use, examining the clues that apprise us of the function and meaning(s) of language in any given text.
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DAD1035
Introduction to Literary Studies
This module will provide students with a grounding in the study of literature and criticism. It offers the skills required for the continued study of the discipline. During the module, we will discuss a variety of genres: from drama and poetry to fiction, asking basic questions about the context, nature, form and reception of each of these genres throughout its development. Through studying poetry students will acquire a basic knowledge of how the genre works, the relationship between form and content, as well as changes in poetry over time. We will study plays from different periods and in different modes, be they comic or tragic. When studying the novel, we will ascertain how this genre took over the literary scene in the 18th century and became a staple of literary and cultural production.
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DAD1036
Tales of Terror: Ghosts, Monsters and Other Anxieties in Literature and Film Culture
Do you wonder how and why particular novels such as Frankenstein, or poems such as `The Rime of the Ancient Mariner¿ continue to have a wide and critical appeal? Do you think about why films such as Stanley Kubrick¿s The Shining continue to send shivers down your spine, even on repeat viewings?
What do these `tales of terror¿ tell us about ourselves and the world in which we live? Do they shed a light on cultural anxieties and particular periods in history, or are they pure escapism? How do they tap into our most intimate fears and desires, and how are they expressed and represented in our culture?
In this module you will study range of literature and cinematic texts that explore the shadowy worlds created through figures of fear, feelings of excess and paranoia, and texts that test the limits of reason, and confront us with `the uncanny¿.
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DAD277
Entrances and Exits: Plays, Performance and Criticism
This module will explore the notion of tragic drama and performance broadly organized according to cultures of performance beginning with classical Greek tragic tradition to Shakespearian tragedy, through to American and European examples of the mode. We will also take into account the modern-day inclination for screening the stage. In doing so, we will consider plays as both text and performance, as well as thinking about the role of the audience, reception and criticism of the stage world.
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DAD283
From Page to Screen: Literature and Adaptation
Have you ever wondered what kinds of cultural and textual dialogues can be seen taking place between adaptations of Shakespearian plays, or contemporary re-writings/re-visionings of classic novels? Have you ever considered what the writer¿s role is in the adaptation of their material, or even simply their thoughts on the new work that bears their name in the phrase `adapted from¿ or `based on¿, and what do those terms mean? This module will consider adaptation in the diversity of its meanings, its forms, across genres, cross-media platforms and cross-cultural contexts. Among other things, we will look at the changing representation from literature to film, the relationship between `source¿ texts and their various adaptations. We will consider theories of the text, notions of `fidelity¿, the status of the `original¿ and the place of the author. Questions explored will include: What do we mean when we use terms such as `adaptation¿, `appropriation¿, `allusion¿, `fidelity¿, `intertextuality¿, `sampling¿ or `assemblage¿? How do we take account of multiple adaptations, or re-writings/re-visionings, of a particular text and interpret the additions, omissions and choices made by the adapter? In doing this we will necessarily consider the impact of the cultural contexts, the ideological circumstances and historical conditions of both the new `work¿ and its `source¿ matter, finally asking whether a valuable dialogue emerges as a result of the processes of adaptation and appropriation.
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DAD284
Language and Style in Literature, Film and Popular Culture
Why do authors choose particular combinations of words, phrases in their writing? How do filmmakers put together images or sounds to create their narrative? What does the use of regional dialect in the creation of a character indicate? What effect do choices in sentence length, or a particular register signify? Is there a specific language of genre? Can you distinguish one writer or creator¿s style from another? What role does language play within a text?
This course connects form with meaning and function, delving into major genres of cultural production (typically literature, film, video games and other texts from popular culture) to examine the linguistic choices made by authors or creators in order to create meaning and effect.
Designed to provide a systematic way of exploring texts, the course will explore creativity in fictive language use, examining the clues that apprise us of the function and meaning(s) of language in any given text.
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DAD383
From Page to Screen: Literature and Adaptation
Have you ever wondered what kinds of cultural and textual dialogues can be seen taking place between adaptations of Shakespearian plays, or contemporary re-writings/re-visionings of classic novels? Have you ever considered what the writer¿s role is in the adaptation of their material, or even simply their thoughts on the new work that bears their name in the phrase `adapted from¿ or `based on¿, and what do those terms mean?
This module will consider adaptation in the diversity of its meanings, its forms, across genres, cross-media platforms and cross-cultural contexts. Among other things, we will look at the changing representation from literature to film, the relationship between `source¿ texts and their various adaptations. We will consider theories of the text, notions of `fidelity¿, the status of the `original¿ and the place of the author. Questions explored will include: What do we mean when we use terms such as `adaptation¿, `appropriation¿, `allusion¿, `fidelity¿, `intertextuality¿, `sampling¿ or `assemblage¿? How do we take account of multiple adaptations, or re-writings/re-visionings, of a particular text and interpret the additions, omissions and choices made by the adapter? In doing this we will necessarily consider the impact of the cultural contexts, the ideological circumstances and historical conditions of both the new `work¿ and its `source¿ matter, finally asking whether a valuable dialogue emerges as a result of the processes of adaptation and appropriation.
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DAD384
Language and Style in Literature, Film and Popular Culture
Why do authors choose particular combinations of words, phrases in their writing? How do filmmakers put together images or sounds to create their narrative? What does the use of regional dialect in the creation of a character indicate? What effect do choices in sentence length, or a particular register signify? Is there a specific language of genre? Can you distinguish one writer or creator¿s style from another? What role does language play within a text?
This course connects form with meaning and function, delving into major genres of cultural production (typically literature, film, video games and other texts from popular culture) to examine the linguistic choices made by authors or creators in order to create meaning and effect. Designed to provide a systematic way of exploring texts, the course will explore creativity in fictive language use, examining the clues that apprise us of the function and meaning(s) of language in any given text.
