Postgraduate Course: Romanticism and Victorian Society 1815-1900 (ENLI11141)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
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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 the nineteenth century, and in particular the literary mediation of the categories of class, race and culture as they developed in relation to each other. In particular, it traces the ascription to $ùaesthetic&© or $ùcultural&© production of new roles in the resolution or transcendence of historical contradictions, either concomitant with, or as an alterative to, radical political change. It places these developments in Britain within two larger contexts: the increasing centrality to British identity of empire and, later in the century, $ùImperialism&©; and the impact of the social thought of Hegel, Marx, and Engels on British writing. In both these contexts, the legacy of romantic historicism on Victorian modes of writing is traced across a wide range of literary genres, and students are invited to consider the ways in which this legacy continues to shape our understanding of culture today. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Wednesday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Room 2.3, 22 Buccleuch Place |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
&· an understanding of how literary writing documents and mediates the complex and changing relationship between national, imperial and class identities from the end of the French wars in 1815 to the turn of the century.
&· an understanding of how Romantic conceptions of history, society and the aesthetic are developed and questioned during the course of the nineteenth century.
&· an understanding of the social agency of literary writing in the period. |
Assessment Information
| 4000 Word Essay (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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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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