Postgraduate Course: Stevenson and the End of the Nineteenth Century (ENLI11070)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
English Literature |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course looks in detail at the novels, prose and poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, making connections with his work and the fiction and non-fiction of the last decades of the 19th century. We will look at subjects such as: children's fiction, gothic, adventure, anthropology, SCotland, the Pacific. We will compare Stevenson to writers such as: R. M. Ballantyne, Jack London, Henry James, J. G. Frazer.
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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 |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have developed:
* a famililarity with a broad range of Stevenson's writing in fiction and non-fiction.
* an understanding of various genres of fictional and non-fictional writing practised in the late nineteenth century.
* an ability to make critical and contextual comparisons between the writing of Stevenson and his contemporaries.
* an awareness of the literary, critical and cultural questions raised by these genres of writing.
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Assessment Information
| One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook or by the supervisor |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Penny Fielding
Tel: (0131 6)50 3609
Email: Penny.Fielding@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Kate Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: Kate.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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