Postgraduate Course: Utopia II: Suffrage to Cyberpunk (ENLI11073)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will examine the idea of utopia within the context of ten key twentieth century texts, beginning with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) and concluding with Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). Themes to be discussed include technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 3 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place | 1-11 | 14:00 - 15:50 | or 16:10 - 18:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Monday 17th September, Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of this course will be able to examine the idea of utopia within the context of key twentieth century texts. They will also be able to be discuss the technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces. |
Assessment Information
| One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme hand book or by the supervisor |
Special Arrangements
| PG Version |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | U2StC |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Bill Bell
Tel: (0131 6)50 4283
Email: B.Bell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Natalie.Carthy@ed.ac.uk |
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