The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance (U00893)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCL-4-HIIVR

The course aims to draw together the research interests of three members of staff in the Scottish History Subject Area to present a thematic history of the Scottish Highlands over a period of 500 years. In the fourteenth century there was only an emerging perception of the Highlands as a distinctive area within Scotland. By the mid-nineteenth century such a perception was clear and largely founded on negative stereotypes. The course will review the issues of the place of the Highlands within Scotland and Britain; critically examine external perceptions of the region, its land, culture and people; and analyse the imagery which gave rise to these perceptions. Particular attention will be paid to scrutinising the enduring notion that the region was violent and backward, although the paradox of its centrality to romanticised views of Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries will be noted.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at grade B or above.

Variants

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

The Scottish Highlands, 1350-1850: Imagery, Violence and Romance (VS1) (Not being delivered)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Scottish History, (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
11/01/2007	11:00	13:00	Room G.12, 17 Buccleuch Place	Central	Seminar room

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Critical reading of secondary sources and the ability to handle certain primary sources in printed form. Reflection on the process of the development and manipulation of perceptions. Engagement with the medieval, early modern and late modern history of the themes identified in the course. The ability to place the issues examined in the course in a wider historical context.