Undergraduate Course: Reading Latin American Poetry (Ordinary) (ELCH09005)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to give the student knowledge of a representative sample of poetry from Latin America. Its primary focus will be on developing the student?s analytical and interpretive skills through close reading, but ample reference will also be made to the socio-cultural context and to wider literary movements to broaden the students? knowledge of the field of Latin American literature. The students will learn to express themselves in a coherent manner in both verbal and written form, and will gain an appreciation of the value of poetry and of the problems peculiar to reading, interpreting and indeed defining poetry as opposed to other literary genres. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Ordinary students only |
| Additional Costs | Primary course texts, approx. £60 |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The course objectives are to develop students? skills in responding in an informed and critical manner to a wide range of poetic texts, and to express their responses orally through class presentations and discussion, and through written essays. |
Assessment Information
| Formative assessment - one presentation and one essay. Formal summative assessment ? 100% one 2000 word essay, to be submitted after the end of the teaching period. |
Special Arrangements
| Students may enrol on the course ONLY with the explicit permission of the Spanish 3 course organiser |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Latin America, Spanish America, Poetry, Literature |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
Email: f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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