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

Postgraduate Course: Scottish Women's Fiction (20th Century) (ENLI11147)

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 descriptionThe writers studied in this option provide a sense of variety to be found in women's writing in Scotland in the twentieth century and give an idea of the growth and development of writing by women in Scotland from the twenties to the nineties. The earlier writers are considered in relation to Modernism and the Scottish Renaissance. Novels by Muriel Spark and Elspeth Barker, published between 1960 and 1991, will be considered in relation to the Scottish tradition of the "double" in literature, particularly Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and with Jessie Kesson in relation to the ballad tradition. Recent Scottish women writers such as Janice Galloway and A. L. Kennedy have matured in a different cultural climate to the earlier twentieth century writers and to those such as Spark and Barker who live and work outwith Scotland. Issues coming out of the earlier works and consideration of new issues will be part of the assessment of Galloway's, Kennedy's and Kay's recent work. The class also discusses gender and nation, class and race, in relation to these works.

*This course is taught jointly with undergraduate students and consequently postgraduate places are limited
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  3
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The intended learning outcomes of this course are a knowledge of twentieth century literature, in particular women's writing and the issues of gender and nation, the ability to analyse literary texts using theoretical approaches, to do close reading analyses of text, to discuss in small and large group situations, to produce literate and coherent essays, to circulate work reports by email and use of the scratch area.
Assessment Information
4000 Word Essay (100%)
Special Arrangements
PG Version
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsSWF
Contacts
Course organiserDr Carole Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 3068
Email: Carole.Jones@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk
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