Undergraduate Course: Postmodernism: Who Needs it? (ENLI10180)
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 | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course examines and evaluates issues raised by recent theory and discussion of postmodernism, questioning how - and how successfully - this theory serves recent literature. Literary examples will be taken from 'postmodernist' fiction, discussion centering on a range of late C20th texts. Theoretical essays, chosen mostly from two anthologies useful in the area, will introduce and reflect the main positions taken up by thinkers and critics involved in the postmodern debate. |
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 essay of c. 2,500 words (30%);
1 practice assessment (10%)
1 take-home examination essay of c. 3,000 words (60%) |
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Learning Outcomes
| Students should gain knowledge of recent theories of postmodernity. They should also gain knowledge of recent fiction and ways this might be seen to have evolved from modernist antecedents. By the end of the course, they should be able to locate recent literary writing within a broader framework of postmodern thinking, and to evaluate the usefulness of the latter for the former.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Randall Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4288
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Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
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