Undergraduate Course: Literature and Society in Golden Age of Spain (ELCH10003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting 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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will provide an opportunity to study the literary culture of Spain in an age when it had become the foremost power in the world. It will focus on a selection of narrative and dramatic works by major authors of the period. These works will be evaluated as literary artefacts in their own right, and also as texts that reflect the dominant values of society as well as the conflicts it sought to resolve. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required, unless taken as part of Spanish 3 |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Via a close textual study of key texts of the Spanish Golden Age, this option aims to foster an understanding of the ways writers engaged with contemporary society and culture to produce the first modern novel, "Don Quixote", and a national theatre that explored key moral, religious and gender issues of the early modern period. |
Assessment Information
Examination.
Presentations/essays produced for seminars, but do not count towards final assessment. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jeremy Robbins
Tel: (0131 6)50 3675
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Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
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