Undergraduate Course: Modern Persian Literature (IMES10009)

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 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course considers the writings of several contemporary Iranian authors The course IMES10061, Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran, is a version of this course studying the texts in English translation. The course IMES11051, Modern Iranian Society via Modern Iranian Literature, is a version of this course studying the texts in English translation for Postgraduate students.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Before enrolling students on this course, you are asked to contact the IMES Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 504182, e-mail imes@ed.ac.uk). Students not studying Persian degrees must contact the course organiser to check level of Persian language ability before being enrolling on the course.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 169 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	2500-word essay: 35% 3-hour exam: 55% Class presentation and participation: 10%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			3:00

Learning Outcomes
This course will address the works of several Iranian writers of the twentieth century and relate their careers and the style and substance of their literary contributions to trends and events in contemporary Iranian society. The course aims to also develop students' analytical skills and to improve their interactive capacities and their ability to do secondary-source research and to present oral and written work clearly and effectively.