Undergraduate Course: The Novels of Jane Austen (LLLG07014)

Course Outline
School	Centre for Open Learning	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled. Jane Austen has become a canonical figure within literature and a much loved author by the reading public, the literary critics and many filmmakers. However, this has allowed for a specific, almost standardised ¿reading¿ of her characters and even Austen herself. Join this class to discuss all six of her novels, challenge established views and discover what makes them so enduring.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: ¿ go beyond immediate opinions about Austen¿s novels to the production of well-informed and supported arguments; ¿ critically assess the importance of recurring themes within the novels; ¿ explain the importance of a historical and cultural context regarding the novels and on the way they influence one¿s reading; ¿ compare and contrast Austen¿s literary practice from the first to the last novel.