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

Undergraduate Course: Writing the Body Politic (ENLI10193)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will examine a selection of texts exploring the reinvention of cultural identity in American poetry from Walt Whitman to the present day. The course encompasses such broad cultural and intellectual movements as "Transcendentalism", "Modernism" and the "Postmodern". The term "body politic", while inescapably cultural and political in its primary emphasis, is also intended to felicitate discussion of those issues of sexuality and gender that inflect cultural and political subjectivities.
Course description In addition to the skills training common to all English Literature Honours courses (essay writing, independent reading, group discussion, oral presentation, small-group autonomous leaning), see Learning Outcomes for further expansion.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)) AND ( English Literature 2 (ENLI08003) OR Scottish Literature 2 (ENLI08004))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  24
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1 essay of 2,500 words (30%);
1 practical assessment (10%)
1 take-home examination essay of 3,000 words (60%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in relation to the reinvention of cultural identity in American poetry from Walt Whitman to the present day.
  2. Speak and write fluently about these issues in relation to the primary texts and the American socio-historical contexts in which they are embedded.
  3. Apply a range of different speculative and intellectual contexts (such as ¿transcendentalism,¿ ¿romanticism,¿ ¿modernism,¿ ¿regionalism,¿ ¿postmodernism¿ and post-colonialism¿) to the primary texts under discussion and evaluate the relation between these movements over the last 180 years.
  4. Reflect constructively on good learning practice.
  5. Articulate how their own thinking about key course issues has developed.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot.
Additional Class Delivery Information 1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged
KeywordsENLI10193 Writing Body Politic
Contacts
Course organiserDr Lee Spinks
Tel: (0131 6)50 3616
Email:
Course secretaryMrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email:
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