? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00447

This course will look at the role of racial discourse in constructions of modernity, through a study of American and British texts. In particular, we will be concerned with the ways in which "Enlightenment" thinking and writing incorporated racial categories into the "humanist" project. The texts on this course engage with this problem and articulate alternative modernities in a Transatlantic context.

? Costs : Purchase of essential texts as required.

Home subject area

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

? 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

At the end of this course students will be able to engage and articulate alternative modernities in American contexts.

One essay of 4,000 words.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Anne Mason
Tel : (0131 6)50 3618
Email : Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Keith Hughes
Tel : (0131 6)50 3048
Email : keith.hughes@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/