ENG41760 Memory Cultures

Academic Year 2018/2019

This interdisciplinary module will explore how culture represents, negotiates and trades in memory, from autobiography to international catastrophe. Each seminar will tackle a core text, from graphic novels to modern drama to museums/public commemorations, and we will debate some of the most current ideas in memory studies, from transnational memory to postmemory. What are the ethics of representing another person’s memory? What kind of cultural (and social) power does memory have? What are the taboos within memory cultures? How can audiences and readers function as witnesses to memory? What is the relationship between remembering and forgetting?

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will:
- have a critical understanding of core concepts of memory theory
- be aware of landmark texts in the development of current memory culture
- be able to discuss representational strategies for painful pasts
- have given a class presentation on a text/subject of their choice

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

48
Autonomous Student Learning

128
Total

200
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Essay: < Description >

75

 Coursework (End of Trimester)
Continuous Assessment: < Description >

25

 Throughout the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

If you fail this module you may repeat, resit or substitute where permissible.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Sharae Deckard Lecturer / Co-Lecturer