Scottish Literature (VS2) (U03738)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-U02097

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

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

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03735

? Prohibited combinations : English Literature 1, English Literature 1h

? Costs : Essential course texts

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	12:10	13:00	Room S.1, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	13:10	13:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus tutorials

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course will develop an understanding of the development of a particular historical period of Scottish literature.