2019_20
Educational guide 
Faculty of Arts
A A A 
english 
Bachelor's Degree in English Studies (2009)
 Subjects
  NARRATIVE IN ENGLISH
   Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Explanation of the course syllabus and procedure. Students’ assessment
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom Seminar sessions for the analysis and discussion of the novels and short stories in the set reading list. Students will have read the texts beforehand, according to the course calendar, and to the guidelines suggested by the teacher.
Scientific and/or communication events The main concepts of fiction, and recurrent themes through the 19th and 20th centuries will be presented in class, or on-line, and then exemplified through specified texts, which the students are expected to have read beforehand.
Assignments Students will be asked to write written commentaries on three or four specified texts. These commentaries will be prepared at home, and either uploaded to Moodle, or written in response to specific questions in class. These questions will be par of discussion in class.
Presentations / oral communications Each student will undertake the study of one literary work (novel or short story) of his/her choice from a list of works suggested by the teacher. Depending on the number of students in class, this activity may be carried out in groups. The result of the individual /group work will be presented in class, before the whole group. Each presentation will be followed by a five minutes’ forum for discussion on the presentation.
Personal attention Students must attend at least one tutorial session, to explain which novel/short stories they intend to present in class, Each student will explain the content of their outline to the teacher.