Postgraduate Course: Scottish Women's Fiction (20th Century) (ENLI11147)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The writers studied in this option provide a sense of variety to be found in women's writing in Scotland in the twentieth century and give an idea of the growth and development of writing by women in Scotland from the twenties to the nineties. The earlier writers are considered in relation to Modernism and the Scottish Renaissance. Novels by Muriel Spark and Elspeth Barker, published between 1960 and 1991, will be considered in relation to the Scottish tradition of the "double" in literature, particularly Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and with Jessie Kesson in relation to the ballad tradition. Recent Scottish women writers such as Janice Galloway and A. L. Kennedy have matured in a different cultural climate to the earlier twentieth century writers and to those such as Spark and Barker who live and work outwith Scotland. Issues coming out of the earlier works and consideration of new issues will be part of the assessment of Galloway's, Kennedy's and Kay's recent work. The class also discusses gender and nation, class and race, in relation to these works. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 3 |
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| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The intended learning outcomes of this course are a knowledge of twentieth century literature, in particular women's writing and the issues of gender and nation, the ability to analyse literary texts using theoretical approaches, to do close reading analyses of text, to discuss in small and large group situations, to produce literate and coherent essays, to circulate work reports by email and use of the scratch area. |
Assessment Information
| 4000 Word Essay (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| PG Version |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | SWF |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Carole Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 3068
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Course secretary | Miss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
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