Scottish Literature 1 (U03735)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-U03735

(i) An introduction to the study of literature, in particular questions of genre, form, and interpretation, with texts drawn from a variety of historical periods and literary modes. (ii) This module will explore the relationship between national identity and literature by focussing on four important historical and cultural periods (the medieval; the eighteenth century; the late Victorian and Modernist; the contemporary). The course will trace and question the ways in which Scottish writers (including Dunbar, Scott, Hogg, Stevenson, Gibbon) have expressed affinity, difference, and dissent from both national and international artistic contexts.

? Keywords : national identity; national culture; vernacular poetics; vernacular revival; genre; romance; realism; Scottish Literary Renaissance; Modernism; postmodernism

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : Scottish Literature 1 may not be taken with English Literature 1 except by students enrolled for the MA Honours in English and Scottish Literature

? Costs : Essential course texts.

Variants

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

Scottish Literature 1A (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))
Scottish Literature (VS2) (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 : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	13:00	14:00	Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower	Central	NOTE: Because of the Monday holiday, the first class is a Tuesday. Lectures will revert to Monday from Week 2

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	12:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information :
Plus tutorial (one hour per week)
NOTE: The Friday lectures in Semester Two are 13.10-13.50

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
- develop independent thought and the ability to communicate information effectively,
- work independently,
- discover and synthesise information,
- to select the most relevant materials from a wide range of reading.
You will have learned how to assess the reliability of evidence and weigh a variety of competing or conflicting arguments, to analyse complex questions, to exercise problem-solving skills. In developing and organising your own arguments, you will have learned how to present a coherent, reasoned and well-supported set of conclusions in clear prose. At the same time, you will have developed oral communication skills through active participation in tutorials and seminars.