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INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Utrecht University – University College Utrecht
Program(s)
University College Utrecht
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics English
UCEAP Course Number
15
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO TO RETHORIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
Contemporary media frequently comments on the use of rhetoric by politicians, police, journalists, lawyers, campaigners' groups, advertisers, and many more besides. But what is rhetoric? In antiquity, rhetoric was considered an art that was central to learning, and as such, constituted one of three core elements that make up the “trivium” (the other two being grammar and logic). More broadly considered as the art of communication and persuasion, the study of rhetoric provides students with core theories and practical skills in writing, presenting, and argumentation. Students learn the historical and theoretical foundations of the art of rhetoric, from its inception (for example through the five canons of invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery) to its contemporary practical application in a range of discourses and contexts. Students have opportunities to practice rhetoric, presenting and debating, as well as through group-work and participation in field trips. The scope of rhetoric is considered beyond textual and verbal traditions, and ways in which rhetoric serves a number of professional, ideational, and interpersonal functions, is explored both within and outside academia.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
UCACCMET13
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC
Host Institution Campus
Academic Core
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Methodology

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CRITICAL PRACTICE: PERFORMANCE
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Edinburgh
Program(s)
University of Edinburgh
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
121
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CRITICAL PRACTICE: PERFORMANCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
CRIT PRACT: PERFORM
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.70
Course Description
This course studies the processes by which a play text becomes a performance text, how meaning is generated in theatrical performance, and what sorts of critical and theoretical modes might be helpful in writing critically about performance.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENLI10188
Host Institution Course Title
CRITICAL PRACTICE: PERFORMANCE
Host Institution Campus
Edinburgh
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English Literature

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PROSE FICTION
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
163
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
PROSE FICTION
UCEAP Transcript Title
PROSE FICTION
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course develops students’ understanding of fiction writing and its techniques. It is a practice-based course which involves close reading and academic investigation of the short story and novel forms. Through lectures and weekly workshops, the course exposes students to questions of inspiration and choice, method, application, revision, and editing.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB015
Host Institution Course Title
PROSE FICTION
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English

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WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Carlos III University of Madrid
Program(s)
Carlos III University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
100
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
UCEAP Transcript Title
ORAL & WRITTEN EXPR
UCEAP Quarter Units
2.50
UCEAP Semester Units
1.70
Course Description

This course presents an advanced study of oral and written English expression. It examines idea organization as well as proper usage of language: introductions; conclusions; sentence structure; and vocabulary. The course presents specific techniques of written and oral expression: paragraphs; coherence and cohesion; creative writing; text revision; pronunciation and intonation; dialogue; oral presentations; discourse organization; gesticulation; improvisation; and interviews. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
14360
Host Institution Course Title
TÉCNICAS DE EXPRESIÓN ORAL Y ESCRITA
Host Institution Campus
Getafe
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Humanidades: Filosofía, Lenguaje y Literatura

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WRITING LONDON
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
126
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
WRITING LONDON
UCEAP Transcript Title
WRITING LONDON
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course introduces students to the social, political, and cultural contexts out of which its set texts emerge and explores the diverse ways poets, novelists, playwrights and essayists have engaged with their historical moments and written the city. The course is arranged in reverse chronological order, to give a sense of digging down into the strata of London’s accumulated meanings. The course also helps lay the foundation for students' own writing life in London over the course of their study at King’s. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
4AAEA002
Host Institution Course Title
WRITING LONDON
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English

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INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STYLISTICS
Country
Korea, South
Host Institution
Yonsei University
Program(s)
Yonsei University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
121
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STYLISTICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
LITERARY STYLISTICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description

Stylistics aims to render literary judgments about literary texts comprehensible by focusing attention on the linguistic choices embodied in literary texts. The course introduces some of the most exciting stylistic analyses and applies it to a variety of literary and filmic texts.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ELL3310
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STYLISTICS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English Language & Literature

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THE SHOCKS OF THE NEW: MODERNIST POETRY AND PROSE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
121
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE SHOCKS OF THE NEW: MODERNIST POETRY AND PROSE
UCEAP Transcript Title
MOD POETRY & PROSE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course introduces key works of modernist literature, mostly written in English, though several are by émigré writers. It examines the ways in which modernists developed new forms, whether narrative, poetic, or dramatic, through which to reimagine the representation of consciousness, character, personality, subjectivity, memory, and time. The first half of the course focuses specifically on modernist experiments with narrative voice, exploring the ways that modernist writers such as Henry James, Ford Madox Ford, and James Joyce playfully complicated the relationship between reader and narrator. In the second half of the course students think in more depth about experiments by writers such as T.S. Eliot, Marcel Proust, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf with time, memory, and un/consciousness. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB048
Host Institution Course Title
THE SHOCKS OF THE NEW: MODERNIST POETRY AND PROSE
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English

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UNLOCKING EARLY MODERN LETTERS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
146
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
UNLOCKING EARLY MODERN LETTERS
UCEAP Transcript Title
EARLY MOD LETTERS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course covers a wide range of epistolary forms in the early modern world and encourages students to unfold the stories behind them, as well as to seek out their own examples of literary letters and place the canonical alongside the more obscure. The course is broadly designed to progress from real letters towards literary letters, but students are encouraged to experiment with literary, historical, and material methodologies throughout. Students have opportunities to learn about letters in a hands-on fashion, by physically manipulating paper, wax, and seals, and composing their own original "early modern" correspondence.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB081
Host Institution Course Title
UNLOCKING EARLY MODERN LETTERS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English

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INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
Program(s)
Summer in Oxford, Exeter College
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science Philosophy Linguistics Film & Media Studies English Economics Biological Sciences Biochemistry Art History
UCEAP Course Number
186
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
UCEAP Transcript Title
RESEARCH TUTORIAL
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

Students research a self-chosen topic and develop an extended research essay under the direct tutelage of an appointed mentor. Students engage in conversation with teachers who are experts in the subject being studied. These tutorials allow students to develop their own ideas under the direct supervision of a tutor.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Host Institution Course Title
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
Host Institution Campus
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Host Institution Degree
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READING JANE AUSTEN
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Cambridge, Pembroke College
Program(s)
Summer in Cambridge
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
117
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
READING JANE AUSTEN
UCEAP Transcript Title
READING JANE AUSTEN
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
Focusing on the relationship between Austen and her readers, this course uses a series of close readings from the six major novels to explore Austen's work in the context of her life and times, including subjects such as: Austen's portrayal of gender and power; the influence of war and colonialism in her work; her humor and wit; her sense of theatre and performance; her use of free indirect style; her subversion of the Gothic; and the many adaptations and afterlives of her fiction. Students read excerpts from Austen's major novels alongside her teenage writings, her letters and other works unpublished in her lifetime, paying special attention to Austen's narrative style, which challenges her reader to decipher fact from fiction, opinion from objectivity. Students place the works alongside each other, and they add into the mix the "Austenalia" which has become an essential element of her contemporary reception. This includes contemporary film adaptations and spin-offs, and allow students to investigate the rich intertextual relationship between Austen's core published oeuvre and the many revisionary readings it has inspired.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Host Institution Course Title
READING JANE AUSTEN
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Arts and Humanities
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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