Undergraduate Course: Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Literature (ENLI10327)
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 introduces students to the range and diversity of literature created in Lowland Scotland from c1460 $ú 1603, allowing in-depth study of the poetry of Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas as well as of lesser known writers from the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI. |
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 |
N/A |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place |
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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 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Room 1.12, 18 Buccleuch Place |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
&· To introduce students to a range of material by late and medieval and Renaissance Scottish writers which will expand and enrich their knowledge of these two periods from first year Scottish and English Literature courses: specifically it will enable students to explore the full range of work by major writers such as Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas as well as introducing them to relatively unknown writers from the mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries (texts will be drawn from online teaching materials and through the provision of a course anthology);
&· Through detailed and in-depth analysis of material, to help foster, develop, and consolidate student&©s close reading and analytical skills of literature from the period pre-1600;
&· To develop students&© knowledge and understanding of the specific cultural, political, and historical contexts which shape and inform artistic production in Scotland between c1460 and c1603;
&· To encourage students to explore the question of whether Scottish literary writing in these two periods possesses distinctive or singular aesthetic features which might suggest the interrelationship between cultural and political practices;
&· To encourage students to reflect on questions of periodicity, and whether and how the categories of $ùMedieval&© and $ùRenaissance&©, might meaningfully be used to understand the particular artistic and cultural trajectories of Scottish literature;
&· To enable students to contextualise Scottish literature within English and European |
Assessment Information
1) one term essay of no more than 2,500 words - 25% of final mark
2) one 2-hour formal examination - 75% of final mark
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Sarah Dunnigan
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
Email: S.M.Dunnigan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Catherine Williamson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email: Catherine.Williamson@ed.ac.uk |
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