Undergraduate Course: Written Lives: Literature, Digressiveness, and the Real (ELCH10039)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An introduction to the study of 20th- and 21st-century Spanish prose writings (peninsular prose narratives, in the main) that are concerned with recounting lives and "the real", representing the coherence of experience in narrative form, whilst engaging anew with history (Spain's recent historical past -- the Civil War and the Franco years in particular). An exploration of the ways in which these narratives normally partake of more than one genre of writing, such as autobiographical and biographical writing, memoir, essay, travelogue, or fiction, without necessarily always belonging to any one mode and not normally in the name of the novel. An exploration of generic questions, in particular an analysis of the range of writing extending from autobiography and biography to fiction, thematic ones (esp. the importance accorded to memory, representations of the multiplicity of relationships, the interconnectedness of the worlds represented, and the relationship of the creative imagination with writing), as well as formal ones, especially narrative form and structure, digressiveness or errancy (rhetorical and narrative). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required, unless taken as part of Spanish 3 |
| Additional Costs | Purchase of primary texts studied. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | In order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
One two-hour lecture/seminar per week. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 3:00 | | |
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
One two-hour lecture/seminar per week. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 3:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Increased familiarity with certain genres of writing (especially involving autobiographical modes) and their affinities, differences, constitution, and definitions, as well as their relationship to the novel form. A knowledge of aspects of 20th-century Spanish (and European) history and of the Civil War and the Franco years in particular. An understanding of the functioning and effects of digressive writing and aspects of the creative imagination. Familiarity with Spanish prose texts by accomplished writers, both male and female. Increased awareness and understanding of formal, literary registers of Spanish prose. |
Assessment Information
| One three-hour examination, centrally timetabled (100% of final mark); students of 4 Honours Spanish are required to answer three questions during the examination; students taking the course as part of Spanish 3 are required to answer two questions. All students are required to undertake a presentation in class (formative work, not formally assessed). |
Special Arrangements
| Visiting students wishing to enrol on the course will be available to do so with the explicit permission of the Spanish 3 Course Organiser. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Spain, prose narratives, genre, autobiography, biography, digression, creative imagination. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alexis Grohmann
Tel: (0131 6)50 3678
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: |
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