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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryAPOLOGIES: THIS COURSE IS CLOSED TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE IT AS AN OUTSIDE SUBJECT.

(i) An introduction to the study of literature, in particular questions of genre, form, and interpretation, with texts drawn from a variety of historical periods and literary modes. (ii) This module will explore the relationship between national identity and literature by focussing on four important historical and cultural periods (the medieval; the eighteenth century; the late Victorian and Modernist; the contemporary). The course will trace and question the ways in which Scottish writers (including Dunbar, Scott, Hogg, Stevenson, Gibbon) have expressed affinity, difference, and dissent from both national and international artistic contexts.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations It is RECOMMENDED that students do NOT also take English Literature 1 (ENLI08001)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  37
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 66, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 304 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Four essays (up to 2000 words)(40%); one 1,500-word close reading exercise (10%); tutorial assessment (10%); 3-hour degree exam 40%.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)3:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. develop independent thought and the ability to communicate information effectively
  2. work independently
  3. discover and synthesise information
  4. select the most relevant materials from a wide range of reading
  5. You will have learned how to assess the reliability of evidence and weigh a variety of competing or conflicting arguments, to analyse complex questions, to exercise problem-solving skills. In developing and organising your own arguments, you will have learned how to present a coherent, reasoned and well-supported set of conclusions in clear prose. At the same time, you will have developed oral communication skills through active participation in tutorials and seminars.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/pre-honours/scottish-literature-1
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements APOLOGIES: THIS COURSE IS CLOSED TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE IT AS AN OUTSIDE SUBJECT.
Additional Class Delivery Information Three one-hour lectures plus 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

NOTE: In Semester One lectures are held on Mondays 12.10-13.00, Thursdays 12.10-13.00 and Fridays 12.10-13.00.

However, in Semester Two lectures are held on Mondays 12.10-13.00, WEDNESDAYS 12.10-13.00 and Fridays 13.00-14.00 (NB change of time).
Keywordsnational identity; national culture; vernacular poetics; vernacular revival; genre; romance; realism
Contacts
Course organiserDr Katherine Inglis
Tel: (0131 6)50 3617
Email:
Course secretaryMs June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email:
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