Postgraduate Course: The American Novel, 1920-1960 (ENLI11146)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course introduces students to a number of key American novels of the first half of the twentieth century, raising issues of narrative form and national self-definition. Close attention is paid to historical context and a number of critical approaches through which these works can be read. *This course is taught jointly with undergraduate students and consequently postgraduate places are limited
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 18
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	4000 Word Essay (100%)
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in relation to the American novel as a crucial genre in the production of modern literature Students will understand the principal critical terms that are used in relation to the American novel and interrogate their utility. Students will be able to apply a range of secondary criticism to the primary texts on the course, and evaluate them in relation to their own readings Students will perform textual analyses which consider a text's engagement with a novel's content and aesthetics in light of its historical and cultural contexts. Students will, in addition, further improve their abilities in areas fundamental to the study of English literature at Postgraduate level: independent research, essay writing, critical thinking, class discussion, oral presentation of information, and the ability to learn autonomously in small groups.