Admission requirements
Successful completion of Philology 3 or equivalent.
Description
Letters, journals, memoirs, presentments, wills, recipes and newspapers: these are all different text types the study of which aims to illustrate the use of English other than that commonly found in printed documents. In this course, we will read a large variety of texts to study the English as it was used during the Late Modern English period (1700–1900). We will focus on differences between these texts and printed documents, as well as from present-day Standard English. In addition, we will look at texts by men and women, as well as by people from different sociolinguistic backgrounds, including people who were practically illiterate. We will concentrate on spelling, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and style of writing, and in doing so we will make use, wherever possible, of relevant databases that are available online. We will also analyse texts with the help of the concordancing program WordSmith Tools, available in the Lipsius computer labs.
Course objectives
This course builds on experience acquired during the first two years of the BA curriculum in English philology, particularly as regards the history of the English language, but also on the linguistics courses. At the end of the course students will have a good insight into the nature and language of different text types from the Late Modern English period (1700–1900), and of their relationship with the more standard printed texts of the time. They will be able to analyse and identify the typical textual and linguistic characteristics of these text types, and apply their skills when writing a BA thesis in the field of Late (or Early) Modern English.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the BA English website
Mode of instruction
Seminar (2 hours a week)
Course Load
The course load of this course is 280 hours.
hours spent on attending classes: 26 hours
time for studying the compulsory literature/preparing weekly assignments: 144 hours
time to prepare for oral presentation and the writing of a paper (including reading/research): 30 + 80 hours
Assessment method
Assessment
Presentation
Weekly contribution in class and on Blackboard
Final paper
Weighing
Presentation (15%)
Weekly contribution in class (10%)
Final paper (75%)
Students will have successfully passed the course if the average course mark is a 6 or higher. No separate component should be lower than 5.
Resit
If the final mark is 5 or less students will have to resit the insufficient course component(s). Students will not be able to resit the weekly contribution in class (10%) or presentation (15%).
Attendance
Attendance is compulsory. Missing more than two classes means that students will be excluded from the course. Unauthorised absence also applies to being unprepared, not participating in discussions and/or not bringing the relevant course materials to class.
Inspection and feedback
If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the final results, an essay review will be organised.
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard module for the course where the weekly programme and other relevant information can be found. Students will be expected to post weekly comments and/or questions on the basis of their reading. These comments are part of the mark for their weekly participation in the course.
Reading list
Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade (2009), An Introduction to Late Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Additional reading material (texts and background reading), available through Blackboard or in one of the reading rooms of the University Library.
Important: Students are expected to have a copy of An Introduction to Late Modern English from week 1 onwards, since it will be used for the weekly reading.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
NB: First year students will be enrolled by the coordinator of studies.
Students other than from the BA English language and culture cannot take this course.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
Please contact Student administration van Eyckhof for questions.
The coordinator of studies is Else van Dijk
Remarks
Please note that ordering books published abroad may take longer than expected.