Postgraduate Course: Enlightenment and Romanticism 1688 - 1815 (ENLI11140)
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 |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to the new conceptions of social formation developed in the literature of this period, and in particular the literary response to the modern discourses of contractarian liberalism and political economy. It examines the genres which emerge to negotiate this relationship, including the novel and $ùromantic&© modes of verse. In particular, it concentrates on the impact of a &«Scottish philosophy&ª (Hume, Smith, Ferguson) on the wider British literary field, and asks to what extent &«modern&ª conceptions of British society are a product of Scottish responses to the Union of 1707. And it asks students to consider the ways in which these &«modern&ª conceptualisations of the social whole have been adapted, adopted and challenged by those twentieth-century thinkers who underpin contemporary literary-critical practice. |
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 |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 2-11 | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | |
| First Class |
Week 2, Wednesday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. room M1, Appleton Tower |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. an understanding of how literary and cultural works document the complex and changing relationship between England, Ireland and Scotland from the $ùGlorious Revolution&© of 1688 to the end of the French wars in 1815.
2. an understanding of how debates concerning the nation also explored a range of ideas concerning the adequacy of social and gender hierarchies.
3. An understanding of the variety of enlightenment modes and genres in which ideas of the national and national difference were articulated. |
Assessment Information
| 4000 Word Essay (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Irvine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3605
Email: R.P.Irvine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3612
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk |
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