Undergraduate Course: Stevenson and the End of the Nineteenth Century (ENLI10259)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course looks in detail at the novels, prose and poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, making connections with his work and the fiction and non-fiction of the last decades of the 19th century. We will look at subjects such as: children's fiction, gothic, adventure, anthropology, SCotland, the Pacific. We will compare Stevenson to writers such as: R. M. Ballantyne, Jack London, Henry James, J. G. Frazer. |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 15 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Class Delivery Information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): Autonomous Learning Group at times to be arranged. |
Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have developed:
* a famililarity with a broad range of Stevenson's writing in fiction and non-fiction.
* an understanding of various genres of fictional and non-fictional writing practised in the late nineteenth century.
* an ability to make critical and contextual comparisons between the writing of Stevenson and his contemporaries.
* an awareness of the literary, critical and cultural questions raised by these genres of writing.
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Assessment Information
One course essay of 2,500 words (25%)
One 2-hour examination paper (75%) |
Special Arrangements
Numbers are limited and students taking degrees not involving English or Scottish literature need the written approval of the head of English Literature. |
Additional Information
Academic description |
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
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Keywords | ENLI10259 Stevenson |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Penny Fielding
Tel: (0131 6)50 3609
Email: Penny.Fielding@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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