Undergraduate Course: Postmodernism: Who Needs it? (ENLI10180)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
English Literature |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/Honours/FourthYear/4thYear_Home.htm |
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| Course description |
The course examines and evaluates issues raised by recent theory and discussion of postmodernism, questioning how - and how successfully - this theory serves recent literature. Literary examples will be taken from 'postmodernist' fiction, discussion centering on a range of late C20th texts. Theoretical essays, chosen mostly from two anthologies useful in the area, will introduce and reflect the main positions taken up by thinkers and critics involved in the postmodern debate. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | The class is doubling. Students will choose which seminar to attend. | 1-11 | | 10:00 - 12:00or 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: Central. All students should attend the first meeting in Room 4.04, 18 Buccleuch Place |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): attendance for one hour a week at Autonomous Learning Group - times to be arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students should gain knowledge of recent theories of postmodernity. They should also gain knowledge of recent fiction and ways this might be seen to have evolved from modernist antecedents. By the end of the course, they should be able to locate recent literary writing within a broader framework of postmodern thinking, and to evaluate the usefulness of the latter for the former. |
Assessment Information
1 essay of c. 2,500 words (25%);
1 take-home examination essay of c. 3,000 words (75%) |
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 |
Prof Randall Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4288
Email: Randall.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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