Undergraduate Course: Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Literature (ENLI10327)

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 3 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	English Literature	Other subject area	None
Course website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	This course introduces students to the range and diversity of literature created in Lowland Scotland from c1460 - 1603, allowing in-depth study of the poetry of Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas as well as of lesser known writers from the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: ( English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)) AND ( English Literature 2 (ENLI08003) OR Scottish Literature 2 (ENLI08004))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	N/A

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	A MINIMUM of 4 college/university level literature courses at grade B or above (should include no more than one introductory level literature course). Related courses such as cross disciplinary, "Freshman Seminars", civilisation or creative writing classes are not considered for admission to this course. Applicants should also note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. In making admissions decisions preference will be given to students who achieve above the minimum requirement with the typical visiting student admitted to this course having four or more literature classes at grade A. as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)			Learn enabled: Yes	Quota: 15
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks. Attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - at time to be arranged.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name	Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)		2:00

Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)			Learn enabled: No	Quota: 6
Web Timetable	Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information	1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks. Attendance at Autonomous Learning Group - at time to be arranged.
Course Start Date	16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- To introduce students to a range of material by late and medieval and Renaissance Scottish writers which will expand and enrich their knowledge of these two periods from first year Scottish and English Literature courses: specifically it will enable students to explore the full range of work by major writers such as Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas as well as introducing them to relatively unknown writers from the mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries (texts will be drawn from online teaching materials and through the provision of a course anthology); - Through detailed and in-depth analysis of material, to help foster, develop, and consolidate student's close reading and analytical skills of literature from the period pre-1600; - To develop students' knowledge and understanding of the specific cultural, political, and historical contexts which shape and inform artistic production in Scotland between c1460 and c1603; - To encourage students to explore the question of whether Scottish literary writing in these two periods possesses distinctive or singular aesthetic features which might suggest the interrelationship between cultural and political practices; - To encourage students to reflect on questions of periodicity, and whether and how the categories of 'Medieval' and 'Renaissance', might meaningfully be used to understand the particular artistic and cultural trajectories of Scottish literature; - To enable students to contextualise Scottish literature within English and European

Assessment Information
1) one term essay of no more than 2,500 words - 25% of final mark 2) one 2-hour formal examination - 75% of final mark Visiting Student Variant Assessment:- 1) one term essay of 2,500 words (25%) 2) one take-away exam essay of 3,000 words (75%)

Special Arrangements
N/A

Additional Information
Academic description	This course introduces students to the range and diversity of literature created in Lowland Scotland from c1460 - 1603, allowing in-depth study of the poetry of Henryson, Dunbar, and Douglas as well as of lesser known writers from the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI. By bridging the two periods conventionally demarcated as 'Medieval' and 'Renaissance', or early modern, it will encourage students to reflect on the artistic and intellectual usefulness or applicability of these categories in the context of Scottish writing which arguably engages in interesting and challenging ways with conventional ideas about periodicity. The course will explore the distinctiveness of creative production primarily from the Scottish royal courts of the late fifteenth to early seventeenth centuries, allowing students to engage with literary texts composed in a variety of genres, and exploring a range of both secular and sacred subjects. It will also enable students to reflect on possible affinities with, and divergences from, the impulses of English, French, and Italian literatures.
Syllabus	Week 1 Introduction Week 2 Henryson: The Testament of Cresseid; Fables 1 Week 3 Henryson: Fables II; Orpheus and Eurydice Week 4 Dunbar I: comic and satiric verse Week 5 Dunbar II: personal and political verse Week 6 Douglas: Eneados (extracts) Week 7 Lyndsay (poetry); introduction to Marian literature I Week 8 ESSAY WRITING week Week 9 Marian Literature II; introduction to Jacobean Literature I Week 10 Jacobean Literature II. Week 11 Literature of the Union of the Crowns.
Transferable skills	Not entered
Reading list	A course anthology will be provided by the course organiser in addition to the use of material online provided by TEAMS: Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (http://www.teamsmedieval/org.)
Study Abroad	Not entered
Study Pattern	Not entered
Keywords	Medieval Renaissance Scottish Literature

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Anna Groundwater Tel: 0131 (6)50 2553 Email: Anna.groundwater@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Anne Mason Tel: (0131 6)50 3618 Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk