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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Postgraduate Course: Stevenson and the End of the Nineteenth Century (ENLI11070)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEnglish Literature Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course description This course looks in detail at the novels, prose and poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, making connections with his work and the fiction and non-fiction of the last decades of the 19th century. We will look at subjects such as: children's fiction, gothic, adventure, anthropology, SCotland, the Pacific. We will compare Stevenson to writers such as: R. M. Ballantyne, Jack London, Henry James, J. G. Frazer.



Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have developed:

* a famililarity with a broad range of Stevenson's writing in fiction and non-fiction.

* an understanding of various genres of fictional and non-fictional writing practised in the late nineteenth century.

* an ability to make critical and contextual comparisons between the writing of Stevenson and his contemporaries.

* an awareness of the literary, critical and cultural questions raised by these genres of writing.
Assessment Information
One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook or by the supervisor
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Penny Fielding
Tel: (0131 6)50 3609
Email: Penny.Fielding@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Kate Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: Kate.Marshall@ed.ac.uk
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