Undergraduate Course: Scottish Gaelic Verse: The Making of the Tradition (CELT10016)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Celtic |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/celtic/ |
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| Course description |
This course examines the anonymous song-poetry which stands in contrast to the 'court' tradition of panegyric and learned poetry of the seventeenth century. Neglected by most of the early collectors, it has been regarded by some critics as containing some of the most powerful Gaelic poetry extant. The course will consider (1) questions of definition, range and subject matter, authorship and transmission; (2) the evidence of the orain luaidh, which raise all these questions in acute form; (3) the relationship between these 'sub-literary' compositions and the rest of the Gaelic tradition; and (4) the assessment of these songs from a literary point of view.
The lecture in the first hour will be delivered in English. The tutorial in the second hour is available in either Gaelic or English, dependent on individual degree programmes. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Entry to this course is at the discretion of the Course Organiser and will be arranged on a case by case basis by the Visiting Student Office in consultation with the department.
**Please note: this course may be taught in Gaelic**
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| Prospectus website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students of this course have the opportunity to explore a branch of Gaelic literature which is sometimes overlooked, and to gain insights into the problems surrounding such issues as genre, orality, metrical and musical form, and popular literature. |
Assessment Information
Students are required to undertake two assignments: (1) a literary or literary-historical essay (2,000-2,500 words), and (2) a presentation delivered in class and then written up (1,500-2,000 words) containing an analysis of the metrical structure or textual transmission or language or imagery of a specific text or cluster of texts.
Equal weight is given to assessed course-work and to the Degree Examination. The two class-work assignments are each worth 25% and the Degree Examination is worth 50% of the overall mark for the course. The Degree Examination consists of a single 2-hour paper.
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr A Gunderloch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1374
Email: A.Gunderloch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Dr Christina Strauch
Tel: (0131 6)50 3622
Email: c.a.strauch@ed.ac.uk |
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