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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits40
Home subject areaEnglish Literature Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/pre-honours/scottish-literature-1 Taught in Gaelic?No
Course description(i) An introduction to the study of literature, in particular questions of genre, form, and interpretation, with texts drawn from a variety of historical periods and literary modes. (ii) This module will explore the relationship between national identity and literature by focussing on four important historical and cultural periods (the medieval; the eighteenth century; the late Victorian and Modernist; the contemporary). The course will trace and question the ways in which Scottish writers (including Dunbar, Scott, Hogg, Stevenson, Gibbon) have expressed affinity, difference, and dissent from both national and international artistic contexts.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations It is RECOMMENDED that students do NOT also take English Literature 1 (ENLI08001)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  63
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information Plus tutorial (one hour per week)

NOTE: In Semester Two lectures are held on Mondays 12.10-13.00, WEDNESDAYS 12.10-13.00 and Fridays 12.10-13.00.
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 66, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 304 )
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)3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)3:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
- develop independent thought and the ability to communicate information effectively,
- work independently,
- discover and synthesise information,
- to select the most relevant materials from a wide range of reading.
You will have learned how to assess the reliability of evidence and weigh a variety of competing or conflicting arguments, to analyse complex questions, to exercise problem-solving skills. In developing and organising your own arguments, you will have learned how to present a coherent, reasoned and well-supported set of conclusions in clear prose. At the same time, you will have developed oral communication skills through active participation in tutorials and seminars.
Assessment Information
Four essays (up to 2000 words)(40%); one 1,500-word close reading exercise (10%); tutorial assessment (10%); 3-hour degree exam 40%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordsnational identity; national culture; vernacular poetics; vernacular revival; genre; romance; realism
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ken Millard
Tel: (0131 6)50 8304
Email: K.Millard@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs June Haigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email: j.haigh@ed.ac.uk
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