Undergraduate Course: Scottish Literature 1 (VS2) (ENLI08018)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/pre-honours/scottish-literature-1 |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An introduction to the study of literature, in particular questions of genre, form, and interpretation, with texts drawn from a variety of historical periods and literary modes. (ii) This module will explore the relationship between national identity and literature by focussing on four important historical and cultural periods (the medieval; the eighteenth century; the late Victorian and Modernist; the contemporary). The course will trace and question the ways in which Scottish writers (including Dunbar, Scott, Hogg, Stevenson, Gibbon) have expressed affinity, difference, and dissent from both national and international artistic contexts. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students who successfully complete the course will develop an understanding of the development of a particular historical period of Scottish literature. |
Assessment Information
| 2 essays (up to 2000 words) 20% each; plus tutorial assessment 10% = Class work 50%; 1 three-hour exam 50%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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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 | national identity; national culture; vernacular poetics; vernacular revival; genre; romance; realism |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ken Millard
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
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Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
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