Undergraduate Course: Body in Literature (ENLI10110)
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 |
English Literature |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/Honours/ThirdYear/3rdYearHome.htm |
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| Course description |
This course will consider the ways in which the human body has been a central object of discussion in literature from the Renaissance onwards. Students will explore how the human body has been described, variously, as a biological entity, clothing for the soul, a site of cultural production, a psycho-sexual construct and a material encumbrance. The course will consider how each of these different approaches brings with it a range of anthropological, political, theological and psychological discourses that explore and construct identities and subject positions. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
A MINIMUM of three college/university level literature courses at grade B or above (should include no more than one introductory level literature course). Related courses such as civilisation or creative writing are not considered for admissions to this course.
Applicants should also note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. In making admissions decisions preference will be given to students who achieve above the minimum requirement with the typical visiting student admitted to this course having three to four literature classes at grade A.
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| Prospectus website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50or 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Location tbc |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Location tbc |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). 1 hour a week attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course successful students will have learned to explore the politics of bodily representation, in terms of both how the body has been depicted and how it has become a trope employed to figure wider social and philosophical ideas. They will understand how the way the body is figured differs between genres of writing and across different historical periods. They will recognise and be able to debate how in contemporary culture the body is located at the heart of debates about race, gender and sexuality.
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Assessment Information
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 examination essay of 3,000 words (75%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Simon Malpas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Simon.Malpas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Catherine Williamson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email: Catherine.Williamson@ed.ac.uk |
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