English Literature 1 (EL0001)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-EL0001

i) An introduction to the study of literature, the issues of literary criticism and the problems of reading, with texts from a variety of literary periods and genres. ii) a study of the English Renaissance from Shakespeare to Milton.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : May not be taken with Scottish Literature 1 except by students enrolled for the MA Honours in English and Scottish Literature.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : A quota of 270, with preference given to first year students, in the following order. (1) students admitted to a degree programme including English Literature or for which English Literature 1 is a prescribed course and Visiting Students holding a written offer of a place; (2) students enrolling for BA Humanities intending a treble in English Literature; students taking English Literature as the combined studies subject for Religion and Combined Studies; (3) students seeking to take English Literature 1 and 2 as a prescribed sequence of courses in another Honours programme in the humanities; (4) students making a free choice of course.

Note: (a) Directors should inform students falling into categories 3 & 4 that they must sign on a list in the English Literature departmental office (DHT 6.05) to register their wish to take the course by 5.00pm Friday 15 September. If the total number of registrations exceeds 270, a ballot will be taken after the 1st meeting of the class.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

English Literature 1h (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))
English Literature 1h (VS2) (Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
19/09/2006	12:10	13:00	Lecture Theatre A, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	12:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus tutorials

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The main objective of English Literature 1 is to encourage students to become self-conscious about their reading processes and critical practice. To that end, the course is divided into two sections, 'Problems of Reading' and 'Literature & History: the Renaissance', both of which are organised in relation to the shared 'core' course taken by both Scottish and English Literature students. The emphasis in the first section is upon providing students with a grounding in current theoretical debates in relation to a wide range of primarily modern writing; the second section focuses on the problems of reading historically in relation to a specific national context.