Undergraduate Course: Reading Latin American Poetry (ELCH10053)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course aims to give the student knowledge of a representative sample of poetry from Latin America. Its primary focus will be on developing the student's analytical and interpretive skills through close reading, but reference will also be made to the socio-cultural context and to wider literary movements to broaden the students' knowledge of the field of Latin American literature. The students will learn to express themselves in a coherent manner in both verbal and written form, and will gain an appreciation of the value of poetry and of the problems peculiar to reading, interpreting and indeed defining poetry as opposed to other literary genres. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required, unless taken as part of Spanish 3 |
Additional Costs | Primary course texts, approx. £60 |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
30% coursework commentary of 1500 words on a poem; 70% 2-hour exam consisting of 2 essays. In the exam, students may not write on material covered by their coursework. |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
The course objectives are to develop students' skills in responding in an informed and critical manner to a wide range of poetic texts, and to express their responses orally through class discussion, and through written essays.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | DELC Lat/Am Poetry |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
Email: f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Warnock
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: David.Warnock@ed.ac.uk |
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