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

Undergraduate Course: Working Class Representations (ENLI10271)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course examines how working-class writers have represented themselves as well as how they have been represented by others. It pays due attention to the formal modes employed by working-class writing (realism, expressionism, surrealism, fantasy etc)across a range of genres - fiction, poetry, drama and film. The course moves from the nineteenth century to the present in order to understand how class identities change over time yet it also affirms how the reconstitution of class is not synonymous with its disappearance. The course will focus on key issues such as the relationship between culture and politics, the intellectual or writer as a socially mediated figure, solidarity and inviduality, social mobility, gender, voice and vernacular, the politics of representation.
Course description Topics Schedule and Texts / Films

Class and Representation
Gerard Manley Hopkins ¿Tom¿s Garland: Upon the Unemployed¿ (poem
handout provided)
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton
Patrick MacGill, Children of the Dead End.
Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
James Hanley, Boy

Post-WWII: Society, Class, Consumerism
Alan Sillitoe, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey
Up the Junction (film); Kes (film)
Tony Harrison, Selected Poems
Tom Leonard, Intimate Voices

¿There is no such thing as society¿: the 1980s and Beyond
James Kelman, How Late It Was, How Late
Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting and film version (Dir. Danny Boyle)
Plus a section of films: Dockers; Riff-Raff; Brassed Off; Billy Elliott
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
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesA MINIMUM of 4 college/university level literature courses at grade B or above (should include no more than one introductory level literature course). Related courses such as cross disciplinary, "Freshman Seminars", civilisation or creative writing classes are not considered for admission to this course.
Applicants should also note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. In making admissions decisions preference will be given to students who achieve above the minimum requirement with the typical visiting student admitted to this course
having four or more literature classes at grade A.

** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  30
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Standard model:
2500 word essay (40%) submitted mid-semester week 9
+ 3000 word final essay submitted at end of semester / in exam period (60%).

OR: Alternative model: alternative coursework assessment (40%)
+ 3000 word final essay submitted at end of semester / in exam period (60%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will have gained a detailed knowledge of how working-class writers represent themselves and have been represented both critically and theoretically.
Reading List
Topics Schedule and Texts / Films

Class and Representation
Gerard Manley Hopkins ¿Tom¿s Garland: Upon the Unemployed¿ (poem
handout provided)
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton
Patrick MacGill, Children of the Dead End.
Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
James Hanley, Boy

Post-WWII: Society, Class, Consumerism
Alan Sillitoe, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey
Up the Junction (film); Kes (film)
Tony Harrison, Selected Poems
Tom Leonard, Intimate Voices

¿There is no such thing as society¿: the 1980s and Beyond
James Kelman, How Late It Was, How Late
Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting and film version (Dir. Danny Boyle)
Plus a section of films: Dockers; Riff-Raff; Brassed Off; Billy Elliott
Additional Information
Course URL https://www.ed.ac.uk/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 Seminar: 2 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). Plus 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Aaron Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)50 3071
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Hope Hamilton
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
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