Undergraduate Course: Prose Fiction in Comparative Perspective (CLLC08001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to introduce students to the variety of forms of prose narrative in European languages, and to develop reading strategies that are sensitive to cultural context. |
| Course description |
The programme consists of introductory reading of theoretical texts focused on genre and narratology, followed by the study of key texts and topics in the history of prose fiction in European languages, using literary texts read in English translation.
The course is team-taught. While the specific selection of primary texts will vary from year to year, the aim is to ensure that as many as possible of the language areas of the Division of European Languages and Cultures (DELC) are represented on the syllabus every year. In the 2014-15 session the following primary texts are studied in two-week blocks:
Czech:
Tutor: Dr Alexandra Smith
Text: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), translated by Michael Henry Heim (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999) (AS)
German:
Tutor: Dr Eleoma Bodammer
Text: Heinrich Heine, The Harz Journey (1826), translated by Ritchie Robertson (London: Penguin Classics, 2006) (EB)
French:
Tutors: Professor Peter Dayan / Dr Véronique Desnain / Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk
Texts:
George Sand, Indiana (1832), translated by S. Raphael (Oxford: Oxford World¿s Classics, 2008) (PD)
Stendhal, The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century (1830), translated by C. Slater (Oxford: Oxford World¿s Classics, 2009) (PD)
Françoise de Graffigny, Letters of a Peruvian Woman (1747), translated by Jonathan Mallinson (Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2009) (SG-K)
Madame de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves (1678), translated by Robin Buss (London: Penguin Classics, 2004) (VD)
Spanish:
Tutors: Dr Alexis Grohmann / Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Texts:
Javier Marías, All Souls (1988), translated by Margaret Jull Costa (London: Penguin Classics, 2012) (AG)
Jorge Luis Borges, Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley (London: Penguin Modern Classics) (FM)
Scandinavian:
Tutor: Dr Bjarne T. Thomsen
Texts:
Knut Hamsun, Hunger (1890), translated by Sverre Lyngstad (Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2011, with introduction by Jo Nesbø and afterword by Paul Auster) (BTT)
Selma Lagerlöf, Nils Holgersson¿s Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07), translated by Peter Graves (London: Norvik Press, 2013)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 60 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 44,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
128 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One coursework essay (2,000-2,500 words) (50%) and one two-hour examination (50%). It is not allowed to answer in the examination on topics or texts explicitly dealt with in the 1st semester coursework essay. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students will:
- Have gained an awareness of the variety of prose narrative in European languages
- Have gained a sensitivity to genre and narrative
- Be able to employ an understanding of cultural context in reading
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | DELC Prose |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Bjarne Thomsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 4022
Email: Bjarne.Thomsen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
Email: f.jack@ed.ac.uk |
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