Undergraduate Course: Body in Literature (ENLI10110)
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 3 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/honours |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will consider the ways in which the human body has been a central object of discussion in literature from the Renaissance onwards. Students will explore how the human body has been described, variously, as a biological entity, clothing for the soul, a site of cultural production, a psycho-sexual construct and a material encumbrance. The course will consider how each of these different approaches brings with it a range of anthropological, political, theological and psychological discourses that explore and construct identities and subject positions. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | A MINIMUM of 4 college/university level literature courses at grade B or above (should include no more than one introductory level literature course). Related courses such as cross disciplinary, "Freshman Seminars", civilisation or creative writing classes are not considered for admission to this course.
Applicants should also note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. In making admissions decisions preference will be given to students who achieve above the minimum requirement with the typical visiting student admitted to this course
having four or more literature classes at grade A.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
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| 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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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 30 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50or 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged |
| No Exam Information |
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 6 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | 09.00 - 10.50 or 14.00 - 15.50, if class is taught twice | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course successful students will have learned to explore the politics of bodily representation, in terms of both how the body has been depicted and how it has become a trope employed to figure wider social and philosophical ideas. They will understand how the way the body is figured differs between genres of writing and across different historical periods. They will recognise and be able to debate how in contemporary culture the body is located at the heart of debates about race, gender and sexuality.
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Assessment Information
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 examination essay of 3,000 words (75%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature |
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 | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Malpas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Simon.Malpas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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