Undergraduate Course: Ibsen, Brandes and Strindberg (VS2) (ELCS10024)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Part-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The course will concentrate on the later plays by Strindberg and Ibsen, examining their rejection of Naturalism and the formative influence of their Symbolist or Expressionist dramas. The critic Georg Brandes' concurrent Nietzschean turn towards 'aristocratic radicalism' will also be studied, together with a selection of his critical writings on Ibsen and Strindberg.
Course description	Not entered

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course will develop an enhanced ability to read individual texts in the light of historical, critical and linguistic contexts.