Case studies archive

Victorian literature case studies

Enabling Undergraduate Research - In Search of 'The Angel in the House': Women and Domestic Culture in the Nineteenth Century - March 2010: This case study offers an account of a research-based undergraduate option offered in Year 2 at Bath Spa University. The project introduces students to primary research in a number of different settings. The study focuses, in particular, on one strand of the module which supports students in exploring representations of domestic life in literature and print culture in the period.

Plot-casting: Using Student-Generated Audiobooks for Learning and Teaching: This case study reports on a recent pedagogical initiative making use of podcasting technology in the classroom. The project involved getting students to create their own 'talking book' or audiobook recording of a Victorian novel.

Text.Play.Space: Creative Online Activities: This case study offers an account of some creative-critical online activities which appear as part of a portfolio of assessed online activities on an undergraduate course on the Victorians at the University of Wolverhampton.

Turning the Classroom into a Debate Hall: Arguing about Racism in Heart of Darkness: This case study describes the various stages in and outcomes of the debate and suggests ways in which debates can be used, in teaching Modernism courses, and in other areas of English studies.

Studying Literary Texts: The Learning Process: This case study explores the question: What do we ‘do’ when studying Literature? What learning processes take place? Undergraduate Educational Studies students have been finding out in a module that explores the nature of learning in the specific context of studying literary texts and taking part in the conversations that constitute literary studies.