Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880 (VS1) (U03350)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-YOUTH 1VS

This course examines the ways in which the concepts of youth and childhood, shaped by romanticism and the Enlightenment, were interpreted and experienced in the nineteenth century. The course focuses primarily on Britain but also explores the wider global contexts of empire and migration; the British experience is compared and contrasted with that of other locations. Claims that the idea of childhood has been crucial to modern concepts of identity, sexuality and selfhood will be investigated. Topics covered include the discovery of childhood; autobiography and memory; representations of youth; experiences of work, school, family, child poverty and migration; debates relating to child marriage in India and the age of consent.

Entry Requirements

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

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03343

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical coursse or equivalent.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Economic and Social History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	11:10	13:00	Room G.02, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will develop their ability to engage critically with debates relating to the concepts of childhood, youth, experience, memory and modernity. They will expand their understanding of the category of age as an analytical tool as well as their ability to apply it in interpreting a range of primary sources including fiction, autobiographies, letters and newspapers. Students will develop their ability to reflect on patterns of change across time as well as their skills of in-depth analysis as they focus on a range of case studies; thus their understanding of the relationship between general theories and specific examples will be expanded. Finally, they will extend their knowledge of the social history of Britain in relation to wider global contexts.

Assessment Information

One assessed assignment which will count as 25% of the final mark for the course.
One take home exam which be adminstered in week 11 and which will count as 75% of the final mark for the course.