Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2024-25

This course will approach the study of medieval and Renaissance English literature from a contemporary perspective. Special emphasis will be placed on research developments relating to the periods under study in this course: recent editions, new critical approaches and the relationship of literary works to other historical, cultural and/or aesthetic phenomena.

 

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25

General Competences

  • CG1 : Acquire advanced knowledge in highly specialized scientific and technological research contexts to achieve a detailed and well-founded understanding of theoretical, practical and methodological aspects in one or more fields of study.
  • CG2 : Apply and integrate the knowledge acquired, its understanding, its scientific foundation, as well as related problem solving, to different social spheres and highly specialized multidisciplinary contexts, both of a research and professional nature.
  • CG3 : Evaluate and select the appropriate scientific theory and the precise methodology of their fields of study to formulate judgments based on incomplete or limited information, including, when necessary and pertinent, a reflection on the social or ethical responsibility linked to the proposed solution.
  • CG4 : Being able to predict and control the evolution of complex situations through the development of innovative work methodologies adapted to the specific scientific/research, technological or professional field, generally multidisciplinary, in which the activity is taking place.
  • CG5 : Knowing how to transmit clearly and unambiguously to an audience, specialized or not, the results from scientific and technological research or from the field of the most advanced innovation, as well as the most relevant foundations on which they are based.
  • CG6 : Develop sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations in their thematic field, in interdisciplinary contexts and also when a high component of knowledge transfer is involved.
  • CG7 : Being able to take responsibility for their own professional development and specialization in one or more fields of study.

 

Specific Competences

  • CE3 : Interpret and analyze, in an exhaustive and rigorous way, cultural representations, literary and linguistic texts in the field of English Studies, as well as their relationship with the historical, cultural and political movements in which they flourish and with the contemporary context.
  • CE7 : Acquire increasing autonomy in the learning process that facilitates the search for resources and information to perform research tasks in the field of English Studies.
  • CE9 : Being able to argue, critically question and propose new solutions based on the analysis of the main critical studies within the field of literary, cultural and linguistic studies in the English language.

 

Basic Competences

  • CB10 : That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
  • CB6 : Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research setting.
  • CB7 : That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their problem-solving skills in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
  • CB8 : That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  • CB9 : That students know how to communicate their conclusions and knowledge, and the ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Distinguish periods in the development of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature, situate specific authors and works within them, and define the most representative characteristics of these at an advanced level.
- To know and apply the latest methods and techniques of literary analysis in the field of research of Literary Studies of the delimited periods.
- To implement and develop processes of information search and ordering, as well as to carry out synthesis tasks from data concerning authors and works corresponding to the periods delimited in this subject.
- To analyze, in a critical way, specific works -or fragments of works- of literature corresponding to the periods delimited, applying an orderly and coherent method.
- Establish connections between the literary works studied and contemporary cultural phenomena.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

- Distinguish periods in the development of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature, situate specific authors and works within them, and define the most representative characteristics of these at an advanced level.

- To know and apply the latest methods and techniques of literary analysis in the field of research of Literary Studies of the delimited periods.

- To implement and develop processes of information search and ordering, as well as to carry out synthesis tasks from data concerning authors and works corresponding to the periods delimited in this subject.

- To analyze, in a critical way, specific works -or fragments of works- of literature corresponding to the periods delimited, applying an orderly and coherent method.

- Establish connections between the literary works studied and contemporary cultural phenomena.

 

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25

The students who complete this module successfully will be able:

- To distinguish periods in the development of Medieval and Renaissance English Literature, situating specific authors and works within these periods and defining the most representative characteristics of these literary works at an advanced level.
- To know the latest methods and techniques of literary analysis and and apply them to the periods covered in this subject.
- To design and develop processes to gather and organize bibliographical information, as well as synthesize data referring to authors and works corresponding to the periods covered in this subject.
- To analyze critically specific works -or fragments of works- from the literary corpus produced during the medieval and early modern periods, applying an ordered and coherent method.
- To establish connections between the literary works studied and contemporary cultural phenomena.

 

 

General

Code: 48709
Lecturer responsible:
Sánchez Martí, Jordi
Credits ECTS: 4,50
Theoretical credits: 0,92
Practical credits: 0,88
Distance-base hours: 2,70

Departments involved

  • Dept: ENGLISH STUDIES
    Area: ENGLISH STUDIES
    Theoretical credits: 0,92
    Practical credits: 0,88
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught