Postgraduate Course: Decadents, Dandies and Deviants (ENLI11089)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Caught between the Victorian and the Modern, Aestheticism and Decadence were manifestations of a time laden with anxieties and with a heady sense of possibility. ?Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end,? Walter Pater said of art and life, arguing further that success in life was to maintain this ecstasy. The late nineteenth century was a crucial moment in the formation and transformation of literature; it saw great technological advances, social reforms, and cultural and artistic upheavals.
The aim of this course is to examine some of the key works of this often overlooked but fascinating period. From the outset, it seemed there was something unwholesome, criminal, and even pathological in Aestheticism and Decadence and this course will reevaluate these concerns. The course therefore aims to explain the ways in which Aestheticism and Decadence shifted from artistic movements to cultural phenomena, and to clarify the concurrent shift in ideas about degeneration.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Weeks |
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Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
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| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes A student who successfully completes this course should be able to:
comprehend the Continental origins of the art for art's sake movement
understand how Aestheticism and Decadence manifested themselves within American and British literature
evaluate the significance of Aestheticism and Decadence in the formation of Modernism
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Assessment Information
| One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook or by the programme director |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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