Undergraduate Course: The Monster in French Literature (ELCF10021)
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 | This course focuses on four texts published between 1870 and 1886, which are haunted by strange creatures composed in varying proportions of man and god, beast, machine, vegetable and mineral. The central question they raise is: what can we learn from these monsters about what it means to be human? |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
French 2 (ELCF08001)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Honours in French |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To demonstrate an advanced understanding of the literary texts studied in their socio-historical and ideological contexts, as well as a good understanding of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks needed to analyse them.
- To select and apply relevant theoretical and methodological approaches in their critical evaluation of these texts, and to demonstrate mastery of relevant technical terminology and research methods.
- To assess and synthesise primary and secondary sources and to engage critically with these sources, showing awareness of nuance and an ability to work positively with persistent conceptual difficulties.
- To construct coherent arguments which engage effectively with the sources and the relevant contexts, including the linguistic detail of the texts in French, and to present them with a high level of clarity in both oral and written form.
- To demonstrate autonomy and initiative in their activities, carry out independent research under the guidance of the tutor, and to show awareness of their own and others¿ roles and responsibilities as part of a team.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By the end of the course, students will have further developed their skills in the areas of research and enquiry, personal and intellectual autonomy, communication, and personal effectiveness. For further specification of these skills see the university¿s graduate and employability skills framework at http://www.employability.ed.ac.uk/documents/GAFramework+Interpretation.pdf |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
In years where there are more than ten students on the course, a second tutorial group will be timetabled, at a time to be arranged during the first tutorial of the year in week 1. (This will be the case in 2013-14.) |
| Keywords | DELC Monster |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Peter Dayan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8424
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Course secretary | Mrs Elsie Gach
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
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