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

Undergraduate Course: Scottish Literature 1 (VS2) (ENLI08018)

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) AvailabilityPart-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn 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 Students MUST NOT also be taking English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR English Literature 1 (VS2) (ENLI08009) OR English Literature 1 (VS1) (ENLI08008)
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, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) Quota:  21
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 36, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 148 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 2 essays (up to 2000 words) 20% each; plus tutorial assessment 10% = Class work 50%; 1 three-hour exam 50%.
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
Students who successfully complete the course will develop an understanding of the development of a particular historical period of Scottish literature.
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
Additional Class Delivery Information Three one-hour lectures plus 1 one-hour tutorial per week
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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