Postgraduate Course: Postcolonial Writing (ENLI11007)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A study of ethnicity and ethnic identity in writing from Africa, North America, India and the Caribbean. The course will discuss crucial issues in postcolonial theory and will analyse the new immigrant writing. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Purchase of essential texts as required. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 3 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | Room 2.06, 18 Buccleuch Place | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 12:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: Central. Room 2.06, 18 Buccleuch Place, 15th January 2013 |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will acquire a good understanding of postcolonialism and the debates around this concept and will develop the requisite skills for assessing literature of the diaspora. They will also be enabled to come to grips with problems of cultural identity. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 4,000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| PG Version |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | PCW |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michelle Keown
Tel: (0131 6)50 6856
Email: michelle.keown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Natalie.Carthy@ed.ac.uk |
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