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

Postgraduate Course: The Fiction of Doubt (ENLI11071)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEnglish Literature Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course description A study of Victorian novelists' attempts to explore the changes in the religious systems of their day, making a distinction between individual belief and public religious activity. Some major writers of the century tackled this difficult theme at a time when public attitudes to its discussion were sometimes hostile. Towards the end of the course we include some poetry and some non-fictional prose to emphasise the width of the topic at a time of rapid religious change and scientific advance.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes Many regard the Victorian period as one of full churches and unchallenged Christian conformity; this is a seriously misleading picture of a complex and lengthy period. The course intends to explore the changes within the period; to introduce the reader to some of the varieties of religious observation in the century; to discuss ways in which fiction can depict the inner workings of the human mind with any accuracy. The course also looks at the work of the century as sometimes radical experiment which permitted unexpected clarity and honesty.
Assessment Information
One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook or by the supervisor
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Ian Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 4284
Email: Ian.Campbell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6536
Email: Natalie.Carthy@ed.ac.uk
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