Modern Scottish Fiction (U02774)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-EL0098

This course will explore the development of modern Scottish fiction from the 1950s to the present, looking at the relationship of the novels both to the traditions of Scottish writing and to issues raised by postmodernism and postcolonialism. In particular, the course we explore the development of various formal strategies by Scottish novelists to deal with the specific historical and cultural problems posed by trying to narrate a society which does not have an autonomous political or social narrative to provide a pattern for novelistic emplotment.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : Essential course texts

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will develop expertise in the analysis of contemporary Scottish fiction and will have the necessary intellectual tools to consider that knowledge with specific regard to debates about nationhood, the novel as a cultural form, social class, gender, place and topography. Students will also acquire the capacity to consider the appropriateness of contemporary critical theory in relation to the modern Scottish novel.