Undergraduate Course: Madness, Sexuality and Subversion in Victorian Literature (ENLI10175)
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 | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is an examination of a range of Victorian literary texts that represent experiences of madness and sexuality. The course is a close textual study of how those experiences were depicted , and of how they relate to nineteenth century debates about shifting definitions of madness and of how sexual identity was associated with it.. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 30 |
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Activity |
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Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50or 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Room 2.06, 18 Buccleuch Place |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): Autonomous Learning Group at time to be arranged. |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students who complete this course successfully will develop a knowledge and understanding of how madness was interpreted in the nineteenth century as a social category, and of how novels and poems of the period reflected a new interest in contested definitions of what madness was. Students will also acquire a knowledge of how sexual experiences are represented in Victorian literature, and of how those experiences are closely associated with ideas about madness. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of c. 2,500 words (25%), 1 examination paper of 2 hours (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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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ken Millard
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
Email: K.Millard@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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