Postgraduate Course: Hispanic Transatlantic and French-Speaking Caribbean Literatures and Cultures (CLLC11006)
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 | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The Hispanic world (Latin America, Iberia, and, at times, parts of West Africa), together with the French-speaking Caribbean, constitutes a major component of Atlantic civilisation, comparable in its dimensions only to the English-speaking Atlantic. The aim of this option is to examine significant cultural themes as they arise in similar and different ways from a Transatlantic perspective across the centuries and across the different cultures, countries, and cultural figures of the region concerned. Topics covered may include relationships between any combination of the Spanish-speaking Americas, French-speaking Caribbean culture, and the Atlantic more generally. The course will require a reading knowledge of Spanish; French would also be desirable but not essential as these texts will be available in translation.
The option both implicitly and explicitly seeks to look beyond an English-language-centred view of the Atlantic, and to open up an understanding of alternative perspectives. The course will help develop an open-minded appreciation of diversity. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | A working knowledge of Spanish |
| Additional Costs | Relevant book purchases. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should reach an awareness of some important ways in which non-English-speaking Atlantic civilisation may be understood in cultural terms. Students should have an understanding of a series of significant cultural themes, of different ways in which comparisons may be made and cultural exchanges or contrasts observed in the geographical areas concerned.
Through consideration of a substantial cultural and historical space, the course will enhance high-level critical understanding of modes or representation, develop comparative skills, and enable students to heighten their already sophisticated writing and interpretative skills, and (in seminars) communicative skills. It will also encourage alternative Atlantic perspectives to Anglophone norms, developing an open-minded appreciation of diversity. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of 4000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | HTaFS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
Email: f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6536
Email: Natalie.Carthy@ed.ac.uk |
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