Undergraduate Course: The Novel in Scotland and Ireland (ENLI10176)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/2004-2005/ri4spr2.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will examine the ways in which writers in Scotland and Ireland used the novel to negotiate their problematic situation within the British Empire, their relationship to history, and in doing so brought Enlightenment thinking about society into the novel.
It will look at, among other things, the difference between the (mostly female-authored) "National Tale" in Ireland, and the (mostly male-authored) "Historical Novel" in Scotland; the social and political reasons for these differences; and the debt of the latter to the former. It will examine the development of the conception of national identity as cultural inheritance in these novels, and the relation between Scottish or Irish identity thus constructed and a British identity into which they are subsumed. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will be familiar with issues surrounding the novel as a genre, its relation to realism and to romance, its relation to history and modernity, and its role in defining gendered subject positions within society. They will be able to place novels in the particular historical circumstances of Scotland and Ireland in the period, and the various ideological purposes that the novel could serve in those circumstances. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of c. 2,500 words (25%), 1 take-away examination essay of c. 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature. |
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 | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Irvine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3605
Email: R.P.Irvine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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