FH4S18 - Critical Text 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FH4S18
Module Title: Critical Text
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Photography
Module Leader: David Barnes, Eileen Little
Module Team: Mark Durden, Lisa Barnard, Paul Reas, Steven Wright
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake: 2026
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
HECOS Code Weighting:

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2021
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

1. Engage in research activity that develops independent skills of evaluation and critique.
2. Develop academic writing skills, together with synthesis and application of research

Content Summary

At Master’s level, it is expected that students are able to contextualise documentary practice via a written text that addresses key issues and ideas.
Text should articulate the student’s ideas with confidence and authority
1. Identify a representative practice or practices that inform their interests and the Realised Document module project.
2. Examine questions of site, audience, institution and authorship

3. Articulate the critical positioning of practices through careful consideration of the philosophical, formal, contextual and ideological choices that appertain to their development and resolution.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 6
Seminar 4
Tutorial 2
Independent Study 164
Directed Study 20
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 4
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate a level of critical, historical and theoretical sophistication, commensurate with the level of study.
LO2 Evidence advanced and relevant research skills and engage in the subject and its contexts in a literate and cogent fashion.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 Students are required to present a written text of 6,000 words, with a full supporting bibliography (Harvard format) and a set of appropriate illustrations. 0 6000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Essay 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

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4, Brown, E.H., and Phu, T., eds. Feeling Photography, (London 2014)
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6, Alexander, J. Perspectives of Place. (London 2015)
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8, Azoulay, A The Civil Contract of Photography (London: Zone Books 2008)
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10, Emerling, J. Photography: History and Theory. (London: Routledge. 2013)
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19, Knausgaard, K.O., A Death in the Family, (London 2012)
20, LEVI-STRAUSS, D. 2003. Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics. New York: Aperture
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