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Postgraduate Course: Chretien de Troyes and the Tristan Legend (CLLC11013)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaCommon Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course will explore the aesthetic and moral issues raised by the Tristan texts and by those romances of Chretien de Troyes most clearly dependent on them, investigate the problems of the texts using a mixture of close reading and general thematic study and consider the reception of the texts separately and as a multi-faceted intertextual construct in their twelfth-century context and by modern readers. It will consider the implications of the modes of literary composition and reception, the nature of cultural debate and the complexities of social and cultural change in the twelfth century.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Purchase of set texts
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralLecture1-11 11:10 - 13:00
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
An appreciation of the modalities of literary creation and reception in a distant culture; an ability to analyse texts thematically and morally as well as poetically; an ability to communicate the results of the analysis orally and in writing.
Assessment Information
One essay of 4,000 words
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Philip Bennett
Tel: (0131 6)50 8413
Email: philip.bennett@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Heather Elliott
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Heather.Elliott@ed.ac.uk
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