Undergraduate Course: Introducing Literature 1 (LLLG07026)
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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (LLC) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
This course examines some well-known texts including Robert Louis Stevenson¿s Jekyll and Hyde, John Osborne¿s Look Back in Anger and Shakespeare¿s King Lear as well as a selection of poetry. Students will be encouraged to read in depth and discuss the texts in small groups and as a class. Study and essay-writing skills will be further developed. New students welcome. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have acquired the skills to:
¿ write in a variety of ways from critical evaluations to thematic answers (students will not be allowed to write the same type of essay twice);
¿ confidently discuss a variety of texts and genres;
¿ assess literature based, to a certain extent, on their own close reading;
¿ place literature in its historical context;
¿ understand a broader notion of tragedy in literature;
¿ express the differences between dramatic text and dramatic performance. |
Assessment Information
| Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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