the articulateness of the thesis of the paper; the clarity of the position you take; the quality of the arguments; the use and integration of your secondary sources into the essay; the coherence of the structure; scholarly documentation; the level of your language. The essays will not be evaluated on the basis of what your position is in a certain tutor’s issue, so feel free to elaborate your own ideas—but do it in a sophisticated way. Grading Policy Research paper evaluation Course components Statement of thesis 3 Quality of argument 10 minor tests 10% Coherence of structure 10 classroom work 20% Scholarly documentation 5 term essay 35% Level of language 7 objective test 35% Total 35 Total 100% Grades Essay late submission reduction 87-100% 5 Delay (days) Reduction 75-86% 4 1–2 2 63-74% 3 3–5 5 51-62% 2 0-50 % 1 6–9 10 10–14 15 TEXTS: available in the Institute Library or online (the latter indicated in the syllabus). Week Date Topic 1 14.09 Orientation: an introduction to the course 2 21.09. Englishness: discussion of (dir: Franco Zeffirelli, Tea with Mussolini 1999). Film to be viewed at home. 3 28.09. WWII: William Golding, (online full text available at: ) Lord of the Flies 4 05.10. (Post)Colonialism 1: Colonial Explorations: Joseph Conrad, The Heart of (online full text available at: Darkness 5 12.10. (Post)Colonialism 2: Race and Gender: Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing 6 19.10. WWI 1: War poetry and cultural representations of World War I (handout and in-class visual materials) 7 26.10. WWI 2: Rebecca West: (online full text available at: Return of the Soldier ) 8 02.11. Consultation week 9 09.11. The Mid-War Period 1: Virginia Woolf, “Modern Fiction” (essay); Virginia Woolf, I. (read the first half of the novel) Mrs Dalloway (online full text available at: )
the articulateness of the thesis of the paper; the clarity of the position you take; the quality of the arguments; the use and integration of your secondary sources into the essay; the coherence of the structure; scholarly documentation; the level of your language. The essays will not be evaluated on the basis of what your tutor’s position is in a certain issue, so feel free to elaborate your own ideas—but do it in a sophisticated way. Grading Policy Course components minor tests 10% classroom work 20% term essay 35% objective test 35% Total 100% Essay late submission reduction Delay (days) Reduction 1–2 2 3–5 5 6–9 10 10–14 15 Research paper evaluation Statement of thesis 3 Quality of argument 10 Coherence of structure 10 Scholarly documentation 5 Level of language 7 Total 35 Grades 87-100% 5 75-86% 4 63-74% 3 51-62% 2 0-50 % 1 TEXTS: available in the Institute Library or online (the latter indicated in the syllabus). Week Date Topic 1 14.09 Orientation: an introduction to the course 2 21.09. Englishness: discussion of Tea with Mussolini (dir: Franco Zeffirelli, 1999). Film to be viewed at home. 3 28.09. WWII: William Golding, Lord of the Flies (online full text available at: ) 4 05.10. (Post)Colonialism 1: Colonial Explorations: Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness (online full text available at: 5 12.10. (Post)Colonialism 2: Race and Gender: Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing 6 19.10. WWI 1: War poetry and cultural representations of World War I (handout and in-class visual materials) 7 26.10. WWI 2: Rebecca West: Return of the Soldier (online full text available at: ) 8 02.11. Consultation week 9 09.11. The Mid-War Period 1: Virginia Woolf, “Modern Fiction” (essay); Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway I. (read the first half of the novel) (online full text available at: )