Modules

Core Module Information
Module title: Postmodernism
SCQF level: 09:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: CLP09139
Module leader: Elsa Bouet
School School of Arts and Creative Industries
Subject area group: Media and Humanities
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

This module will allow you to study issues raised by postmodern literature, film and theory. The module will cover texts that deploy a range of postmodern experimental aesthetics to critique late stage, or consumer, capitalism and its impact on communities, individuals and emotions. The module will introduce you to key postmodern theories that will allow you to critically analyse the texts and you will study how postmodern experimental, graphic and provocative aesthetics are deployed to critique the commodification of humans, the structuring of inequality and the promotion of apathy. Some of the postmodern theories will include scepticism towards grand narratives, the society of the spectacle, simulation and posthumanism which will be deployed to analyse issues such as violence, construction of reality, sexuality, globalisation, consumer society, labour inequalities, neoimperialism and identity politics.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically reflect on the ways particular texts engage with the concept of the postmodernity.

LO2: Assess and debate theoretical ideas of the postmodern in relation to texts.

LO3: Analyse particular aesthetics strategies deployed by the texts to critique late stage capitalism.

LO4: Engage with a range of critical approaches to the genre.

LO5: Critically analyse particular texts relating to the postmodern and postmodernity.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: In Person
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Elsa Bouet
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Lecture 20 Lecture will provide student led activities which will ask students to unpack theories in their own words as well as close reading exercises. The lecture will be used to complement students' understanding of the theories.
Face To Face Seminar 10 Seminars will follow the lecture, in which students will directly apply the theories to read the texts and use the theories to deepen their understanding of the texts and the theories. The seminars will offer students the space to discuss their readings and understanding of teh texts.
Online Guided independent study 170 Guided independent study
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Essay 40 1~2~3~4~5 Week 8 , WORDS= 2000 The first assessment will be due in week 8 and consist of a 2,000 word essay counting towards 40% of the overall grade. Students will be asked to deploy the theories studied on the module and answer a question using two of the texts studied from weeks 2-6.
Essay 60 1~2~3~4~5 Exam Period , WORDS= 2500 The second final assessment will be due in week 14 and consist of an essay of 2,500 words which will count towards 60% of the grade. Similarly to the first essay, students will have to deploy theory to answer a set question using two of the texts studied from weeks 8-12.
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
CLP09139 Postmodernism (24-25)
 

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