Fiction in the Age of the Machine (U01552)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-3-U01552

A study of the impact of technology and the industrial revolution on the creative and imaginative literature of the period from the 1820s (with Thomas Carlyle's early essays) to the present, with some emphasis in the modern period on science fiction and visual media. Authors include Dickens, Gaskell, Stevenson, Brown, Gibbon, Orwell.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Passes in English or Scottish Literature 1 and English or Scottish or American Literature 2, with a mark of 50 or above at the first attempt in the second year course.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature

? Costs : Essential course texts

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Fiction in the Age of the Machine (VS1) (Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd 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	Thursday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should appreciate the developmental nature of the impact of technology on literature as people adjusted to the idea of the machine; as the first generation gave way to people who had had more time and who had more ambiguous attitudes to 'progress'; overall, the impact of the machine on individuality leads to a variety of literary strategies which are closely studied.