Undergraduate Course: Italian Literature: Texts in Context 2 (ELCI08005)

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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	European Languages and Cultures - Italian	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	An introduction to the development of Italian literature (From Dante to the XXth century) and the interplay between historical contexts and cultural expression.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Italian 1 (ELCI08001)	Co-requisites	Students MUST also take: Italian Language 2 (ELCI08004)
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)		2:00

Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)			Learn enabled: No	Quota: None
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)		2:00

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will learn how to adopt a critical approach to literature assessing the relationship between history and aspects of cultural expression. On completing the course, students should be familiar with a selection of literary texts from the Middle Ages to WW2.

Assessment Information
2 essays. Class work 40%. Degree exam 60%. No exemption.

Special Arrangements
None

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Luana Babini Tel: (0131 6)51 1360 Email: l.babini@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Jocelyn Proctor Tel: (0131 6)50 3635 Email: jocelyn.proctor@ed.ac.uk