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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Theory and Practice in Transatlantic Comparisons (P00297)? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00297 This course introduces the theory and practice of making comparisons in nineteenth-century British and American literature. It considers the genesis of cultural comparison in Scottish Englightenment historiography and Romantic nationalism, and investigates Anglo-American rivalries and thematic and stylistic divergences through close study of paired transatlantic texts. Entry Requirements? Costs : Purchase of essential texts as required. Subject AreasHome subject areaCommon Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G) Delivery Information? Normal year taken : Postgraduate ? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2) ? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks ? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks All of the following classes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. Encounter a range of significant nineteenth-century American prose in relation to contemporary writing by British and European authors. 2. Establish the self-conciously comparative nature of American writing in the nineteenth century and the rivalrous nature of Anglo-American literary reception. 3. Develop understanding of the history, theories and practice of comparative literary studies, from its beginnings in eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment writing and European Romantic nationalism through its institutionalisation during the nineteenth century. 4. Develop understanding and ability to compare texts, on thematic and stylistic grounds, from a series of tightly focused readings. 5. Develop critical perspectives on methodologies of comparative literary study through an awareness of recent theoretical and practical approaches. Assessment Information
1 essay of 4000 words.
Contact and Further InformationThe Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries. Course Secretary Ms June Haigh Course Organiser Prof Susan Manning School Website : http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/ College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/ |
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