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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Lifelong Learning (LLC)

Undergraduate Course: The Great Detectives 6 (LLLG07089)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe Great Detectives 6 gives students the opportunity to read and discuss a variety of novels which use the detective genre as their starting point. The course allows discussion of key issues such as morality, justice and sin as well as exploring structural and stylistic elements of the novels.
Course description Detective fiction is a fascinating genre because of the sheer multiplicity of novels within it. This course aims to tease out the differing approaches that detective fiction writers have used. We will study Fyodor Dostoevsky's meditation on the morality of murder in the name of a higher purpose and Graham Greene's exploration of sin and damnation in the gangland world of Brighton. We will explore how the narration of the crimes of two sociopathic murderers affects our engagement with these cold-blooded criminals and look at the first 'tartan noir' novel, William McIlvanney's Laidlaw.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  16
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 19, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 79 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) one 2000 word essay
Feedback students are given opportunity to submit a practice essay in week six, with feedback being provided in week seven
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. show confidence in discussing texts
  2. demonstrate analytical approach to close reading
  3. place literature in its historical, cultural and political context
  4. explain and identify the various elements of the genre
Learning Resources
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: D.McMillan@ed.ac.uk
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