Undergraduate Course: Fiction from the Deep: Victorian fathers and the Svevo (Copernican) revolution (Ordinary) (ELCI09007)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Italian |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | Svevo is the Italian byname for heightened humour and ambiguity. His "Coscienza di Zeno" (1923) remains one of the most approachable and yet thoroughly challenging classics of European Modernism.
In taking up the challenge, this course explores how a struggle with the father, which started in pre-Kafkian fashion with the early works, can turn into autonomy from all fathers and pre-postmodernist humour in the later major fiction.
From Schopenhauer to Freud, in Svevo all authority is dealt a blow. The course employs a variety of methodological approaches to analyse how that effect is achieved in the texts. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | This course is open to Ordinary Students only. |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Entry to any language course above introductory level is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser. |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
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Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Exam Information |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
(a) to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the subject; (b) to construct coherent arguments which demonstrate an awareness of the problems posed by the texts; (c) to apply competently relevant concepts from literary theory. |
Assessment Information
One degree examination (70% of total assessment).
Two oral presentations, with written submission (700 words each); one essay (2,000 words) (30% of total assessment). |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Federica Pedriali
Tel: (0131 6)50 3642
Email: F.Pedriali@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jocelyn Proctor
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: jocelyn.proctor@ed.ac.uk |
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