Module POC3125 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3125: Writing to Change the World: Pamphlets, Blogs and Manifestos
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some of the following topics or readings:
Emmanuel Sieyès, What is the Third Estate?
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
The People's Charter of 1838
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
MT Marinetti, The Manifesto of Futurism
Social Democratic Party of Germany, The Erfturt Program
Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
V. I. Lenin, What is to be Done?
Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement
Germane Greer, The Female Eunuch
The Guerilla Girls, various slogan artworks
The Combahee River Collective Statement
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Aldous Huxley, What are you Going to Do about It?
Mahatma Gandhi, The Wisdom of Gandhi in His Own Words
Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
Ta-Nehesi Coates, Between the World and Me
Laurie Penny, How to Be a Genderqueer Feminist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists
Laverne Cox Talks to TIME About the Transgender Movement
Alicia Garza, A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Ronan Farrow, From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories
Susan Fowler, Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 seminars |
| Guided Independent study | 128 | Private study students are expected to read suggested texts and make notes prior to seminar sessions. They are also expected to read widely to complete their coursework assignments. More specifically, students are expected to devote at least: 60 hours to directed reading; 6 hours to completing the formative research outline; 14 hours for completing the essay; 48 hours for completing opinion pieces. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
