Undergraduate Course: Philosophy of Literary and Visual Culture (ENLI10260)
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 will explore key debates in cultural studies and film studies, with particular attention paid to the philosophical and theoretical backgrounds which have informed cultural theory. In particular, the course will explore both the concept of culture and the ways in which culture might be considered as an object of study. Topics to be covered will include the relation between literary and visual culture, the relation between philosophy and art, and the relationship between linguistic and visual modes of analysis and understanding. Although the course is primarily theoretical in focus students will be required to apply a theory or method to a specific text or image, both in seminars and in assessment.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
| Students will be familiar with the key debates and problems in cultural studies. The concept of culture will also provide students with a starting point from which to understand and assess various methods and theories of cultural studies, and different theories of interpretation and analysis. Particular attention will be paid to competing traditions and disciplines so that students will also gain critically reflective skills, enabling them to negotiate different theoretical paradigms. The course will develop critical reading skills, both by focussing on the concepts, arguments and claims of theoretical texts, and by thinking about the ways in which theories yield methods of reading and criticism.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English, Scottish or American literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature. |
| 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 |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jeremy Robbins
Tel: (0131 6)50 3675
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Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
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