Postgraduate Course: Beyond Good and Evil (ENLI11084)
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 |
The course will aim to extend students' knowledge of literature in English by close examination of the ways in which literature produces and challenges social and political limits. Attention will be paid to the construction of literary characters, the relation between literary character and authorship, and the problem of literary judgement. The course will enhance students' ability to read critically and comparatively and to engage with an area of specialist research not otherwise available to students at Edinburgh, especially questions regarding the ethics of literature and reading.
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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 2, 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 | | 16:10 - 18:00 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will attain knowledge of the literary techniques, figures, genres and images through which moral oppositions are both presented and questioned.
Students will understand the central problems of moral foundations in secular historical periods.
Students will learn to distinguish clearly between the morality of characters and the ethics of the literary work.
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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 Claire Colebrook
Tel: (0131 6)50 4290
Email: Claire.Colebrook@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Kate Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: Kate.Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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