Victorian Women Writing (VS1) (U03089)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-EL0078

Course considers themes of gender, class and empire (including Scotland and England in relation to each other) as well as looking at questions of social position, the position of women in Victorian society; these will be considered, using fiction and non-fiction texts, in Victorian women's writing. It will look at the intersections between fiction and non-fiction writing, using novels, autobiographies, letters and diaries (both published and unpublished), polemical writing and journalism.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02733

? Special Arrangements for Entry : Students require the approval of EITHER the Visiting Undergraduate Admissions Office OR the head of English Literature before enrolling.

? 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 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? 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	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course will enable students to discuss different genres of prose writing by women in the Victorian age; it will give them a grounding in the social history of the time; it will allow them to explore issues of gender in a historical period but also in relation to ideas of empire and social class. They will also become familiar with areas of uses of rhetoric (including style and use of metaphor) in non-fiction (whether published or unpublished).