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Postgraduate Course: Medieval Romance (ENLI11122)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will take in the full chronological range of medieval romance, charting its development from the origins of courtly romance in twelfth-century France, through the later Middle Ages, and concluding in the Renaissance with the romances of Sidney and Shakespeare. In the light of this historical / chronological approach, we shall question why romance emerged when it did, the nature of its relationship to contemporary social, political, and religious ideas, and the reasons not only for its resilience and enduring popularity, but also for its ultimate decline.
But as well as exploring the historical specificity of the genre, the lengthy timescale that we are considering will enable us to assess the extent to which the underlying structures and meanings of romance remain relatively stable, despite historic change. For however much they may differ from each other in points of detail, romance narratives regardless of when and where they were produced share both a basic subject matter (love and adventure), and narrative structure (the quest). And the persistence with which romance revisits and rehearses this romantic material raises the question to which will be returning throughout the course - of whether the genre can be said to enjoy a certain degree of autonomy from history, in other words, whether it has an independent life of its own.

*This course is taught jointly with undergraduate students and consequently postgraduate places are limited
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  4
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 4,000 word essay to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Students will gain an understanding of the varieties of medieval romance, its chronological development from the 12th century through to the Renaissance, and its relationship to contemporary religious, social and political ideas.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Jointly taught with undergraduate students (ENLI10221)
KeywordsMEDRO
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Salter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3055
Email: David.Salter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk
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