Undergraduate Course: Nation and Empire in Early Modern Writing (ENLI10198)
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 | The course will examine the formation of English identity in early modern culture and consider how this process was affected by relationships between England, Scotland and Ireland. It will begin by exploring the development of a distinctively protestant English culture and the threats that were perceived to this. This vision of English identity will then be examined in relation to contemporary understanding of two troublesome neighbours: Scotland and Ireland. The course will take a discursive and comparative approach to early modern culture drawing upon texts from a variety of sources: literary, religious, legal, historical and political. |
| Course description |
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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 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 take-away examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
This course will enable students to:
-critically assess the shaping of English identity in pre-modern culture
-critically analyse and compare the representation of Scottish and Irish identity in the period
-analyse how early modern literature creates and contests national and imperial forms of identity
-explore the relationship between literary and non-literary sources
-engage with recent historical scholarship on the 'British'question, contemporary studies of nationalism and identity-politics, and colonial and post-colonial theory
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Numbers are limited to 15, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dermot Cavanagh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Dermot.Cavanagh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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