Undergraduate Course: Scottish Gaelic Verse: The Making of the Tradition (CELT10016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Taught in Gaelic? | Yes |
| Summary | This course examines the anonymous song-poetry which stands in contrast to the 'court' tradition of panegyric and learned poetry of the seventeenth century. Neglected by most of the early collectors, it has been regarded by some critics as containing some of the most powerful Gaelic poetry extant. The course will consider (1) questions of definition, range and subject matter, authorship and transmission; (2) the evidence of the orain luaidh, which raise all these questions in acute form; (3) the relationship between these 'sub-literary' compositions and the rest of the Gaelic tradition; and (4) the assessment of these songs from a literary point of view.
The lecture in the first hour will be delivered in English. The tutorial in the second hour is available in either Gaelic or English, dependent on individual degree programmes. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Entry to this course is at the discretion of the Course Organiser and will be arranged on a case by case basis by the Visiting Student Office in consultation with the department.
**Please note: this course may be taught in Gaelic**
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| High Demand Course? |
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students are required to undertake two assignments: (1) a literary or literary-historical essay (2,000-2,500 words), and (2) a presentation delivered in class and then written up (1,500-2,000 words) containing an analysis of the metrical structure or textual transmission or language or imagery of a specific text or cluster of texts.
Equal weight is given to assessed course-work and to the Degree Examination. The two class-work assignments are each worth 25% and the Degree Examination is worth 50% of the overall mark for the course. The Degree Examination consists of a single 2-hour paper.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate familiarity with a branch of Gaelic literature which is sometimes overlooked;
- demonstrate an understanding of the problems surrounding such issues as genre, orality, metrical and musical form, and popular literature;
- show competence in transferable skills, e.g. critical evaluation of source material, independent reading, coherent and clearly structured writing, oral presentation, group discussion, time management.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Robert Dunbar
Tel: (0131 6)50 3621
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Course secretary | Ms Christine Lennie
Tel: (0131 6)50 3524
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