Undergraduate Course: Fairy Tales (ENLI10274)
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 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 intended to introduce students to significant exponents of the literary fairy tale in Britain and Europe from the Renaissance to the contemporary period, enabling them to explore the evolution and development of the genre across time with regard to its changing aesthetic form and the different range of cultural, social, and symbolic meanings which the genre invokes. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 30 |
| Location |
Activity |
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Weeks |
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| Central | Seminar | The class is doubling. Students will choose which seminar to attend. | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | or 10:00 - 12:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Room 2.06, 18 Buccleuch Place (Tues class) and Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place (Wed class) |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): attendance for one hour a week at Autonomous Learning Group - at times to be arranged. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
* recognize and trace the historical development of the fairy tale genre in a British and European context
* understand ane evaluate different definitions and theoretical approaches to the genre
* compare and contrast traditional and classical tale variants
*analyse and interpret the formal literary and aesthetic properties of the genre
* understand and evaluate the role of women writers in the creation and perpetuation of the genre
* explain the role of fairy tales in Romantic literary nation-formation
* explore questions of gender, sexuality and identity both within traditional and classicl variants, and in subsequent revisionings or reinterpretations
* understand the changing cultural and symbolic functions of fairy tales over time |
Assessment Information
One course essay, c. 2,500 words (25%)
One take-away exam essay, c. 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Dunnigan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
Email: S.M.Dunnigan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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