Undergraduate Course: Utopia II: Suffrage to Cyberpunk (ENLI10222)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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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 |
This course will examine the idea of utopia within the context of ten key twentieth century texts, beginning with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) and concluding with Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). Themes to be discussed include technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces.
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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 | | | | 14:00 - 15:50or 16:10 - 18:00 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. All students should attend the first meeting in Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place. |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): attendance for one hour per week at Autonomous Learning Group - at times to be arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course will be able to examine the idea of utopia within the context of key twentieth century texts. They will also be able to be discuss the technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces.
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Assessment Information
1 course essay of 2,500 words (25%);
1 two-hour examination (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Ross Alloway
Tel:
Email: R.Alloway@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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