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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies

Undergraduate Course: Written Lives: Literature, Digressiveness, and the Real (ELCH10039)

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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEuropean Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionAn introduction to the study of 20th- and 21st-century Spanish prose writings (peninsular prose narratives, in the main) that are concerned with recounting lives and "the real", representing the coherence of experience in narrative form, whilst engaging anew with history (Spain's recent historical past -- the Civil War and the Franco years in particular). An exploration of the ways in which these narratives normally partake of more than one genre of writing, such as autobiographical and biographical writing, memoir, essay, travelogue, or fiction, without necessarily always belonging to any one mode and not normally in the name of the novel. An exploration of generic questions, in particular an analysis of the range of writing extending from autobiography and biography to fiction, thematic ones (esp. the importance accorded to memory, representations of the multiplicity of relationships, the interconnectedness of the worlds represented, and the relationship of the creative imagination with writing), as well as formal ones, especially narrative form and structure, digressiveness or errancy (rhetorical and narrative).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Entry to Spanish Hons required, unless taken as part of Spanish 3
Additional Costs Purchase of primary texts studied.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesIn order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s).
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-11 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower 2.06
Additional information One two-hour lecture/seminar per week.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)3:00
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-11 14:00 - 15:50
First Class Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower 2.06
Additional information One two-hour lecture/seminar per week.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)3:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Increased familiarity with certain genres of writing (especially involving autobiographical modes) and their affinities, differences, constitution, and definitions, as well as their relationship to the novel form. A knowledge of aspects of 20th-century Spanish (and European) history and of the Civil War and the Franco years in particular. An understanding of the functioning and effects of digressive writing and aspects of the creative imagination. Familiarity with Spanish prose texts by accomplished writers, both male and female. Increased awareness and understanding of formal, literary registers of Spanish prose.
Assessment Information
One three-hour examination, centrally timetabled (100% of final mark); students of 4 Honours Spanish are required to answer three questions during the examination; students taking the course as part of Spanish 3 are required to answer two questions. All students are required to undertake a presentation in class (formative work, not formally assessed).
Special Arrangements
Visiting students wishing to enrol on the course will be available to do so with the explicit permission of the Spanish 3 Course Organiser.
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
KeywordsSpain, prose narratives, genre, autobiography, biography, digression, creative imagination.
Contacts
Course organiserDr Alexis Grohmann
Tel: (0131 6)50 3678
Email: a.grohmann@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk
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