Postgraduate Course: Anglo Scots and North Britons (CLLC11036)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will consider the antecedents, the literary, linguistic and cultural consequences, costs (and compensations) of the 1707 Union of Parliaments. We shall investigate the origin and scope of the term 'Britishness', the poetics of nationhood and of assimilation, and the source of much that remains current in Anglo-Scottish cultural politics today. In addition to obviously 'literary' drama, poetry and prose by John Banks, Daniel Defoe, Allan Ramsay, James Thomson, James Boswell, Tobias Smollett, James Macpherson, Robert Burns, Henry Mackenzie, and Robert Fergusson, we shall encounter some of the major discursive writing of the Scottish Enlightenment (and its antagonists), in works by David Hume, Adam Smith, High Blair, Alexander Carlyle and others. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
Purchase of essential texts as required. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
2 hour(s) per week for 1 week(s). |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will:
become familiar with the antecendents, the literary, linguistic and cultural consequences, costs (and compensations) of the 1707 Union of Parliament;
gain insight into one of the most significant periods of Scottish writing through detailed and extensive study of texts across a range of genres and types;
develop tools for describing critically the poetics of nationhood and of assimilation;
understand the leading theories and ideology of the Scottish Enlightenment and the 'Science of Man';
develop understanding of the history of national literature in a British context;
develop critical perspectives on methodologies of nationalism through an awareness of recent theoretical and practical approaches. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 4,000 words. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Susan Manning
Tel: (0131 6)50 4287
Email: Susan.Manning@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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