Postgraduate Course: America Translated: Baudelaire, Mallarme, Whistler and Poe (CLLC11009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to investigate the images of France and America that were constructed as Baudelaire and Mallarme read, translated, and wrote about Poe (and in Mallarme's case) Whistler, and as Poe and Whistler wrote about France and French artists. Since discussion of issues around translation are at the core of this course, a good reading knowledge of French is required. Students will be expected, as part of the course, to engage in bibliographical research on the course's themes, and students' interests will determine some of the course's theoretical orientations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Relevant book purchases; photocopying costs for a small dossier of texts to be studied. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Semester 1, Th 0900-1050 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course has three aims.
The first is cultural-historic: students will learn how, in the 19th century, French poets viewed America, and how certain American artists viewed France.
The second is theoretical: it is to investigate how such negotiations between cultures take place, how such images are constructed, and how the process relates to the constitution of notions of what art is.
And the third is to encourage students to become more indpendent in the application of their bibliographical and literary-theoretical skills as they find their own way around this particularly rich and intellectually fertile cultural landscape. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of 4000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Peter Dayan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8424
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Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
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