Undergraduate Course: Gender and History in Postcolonial Space: Aspects of Canadian-English Textuality (ENLI10208)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/index.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will examine literary strategies devised by Canadian writers facing invasive pressures and cultural dominance firstly from Britain's imperial hegemony and subsequently from the United States globalising commercial priorities. Women's writing is a recognised Canadian strength, where textual representations of gendered resistance to colonising patriarchy articulate North American alterities. Together with the politics of representation, the course will examine both strategies of reading appropriate to a fragile culture negotiating complex internal difference, and tactics of writing developed by diverse ethnicities. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will have knowledge of literary strategies devised by Canadian writers facing invasive pressures and cultural dominance firstly from Britain's imperial hegemony and subsequently from the United States' globalising commercial priorities. They will also have knowledge of women's writing where textual representations of gendered resistance to colonising patriarchy articulate North American alterities.
Students will learn to identify and analyse the politics of representation. They will acquire knowledge and understanding of strategies of reading appropriate to a fragile culture negotiating complex internal difference, and will learn to recognise, negotiate, and describe tactics of writing developed by diverse ethnicities. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of c. 2,500 words (25%); 1 take-away examination essay of c. 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited to 15, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Colin Nicholson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3614
Email: C.Nicholson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sheila Strathdee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3619
Email: S.Strathdee@ed.ac.uk |
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