Undergraduate Course: Fiction from the Deep: Victorian fathers and the Svevo (Copernican) revolution (ELCI10004)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - Italian |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
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 | 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: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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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
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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
| To equip students for indepth monographic study of a major literary text while testing a number of theoretical approaches. |
Assessment Information
One degree examination (70% of total assessment).
Two oral presentations, with written submission (1,000 each); one essay (2,500 words) (30% of total assessment). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | DELC Svevo |
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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