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Postgraduate Course: Theories and Methods of Literary Study II (CLLC11025)

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
SummaryThis course introduces students to a number of different theories of literature and approaches to literary study, which have emerged in the 20th century. Students will explore a variety of approaches to reading texts and different kinds of narratives in the light of the discussed theories. The sessions focus on Theory of the Novel, Intermediality, Structuralism and Poststructuralism, Psychoanalytic Criticism and Feminist Criticism. Authors whose theoretical writings will be studied include Roland Barthes, Sigmund Freud, Simone de Beauvoir and Luce Irigaray. Each seminar will concentrate on the discussion of one or two reasonably short texts by the theorist in question.
Course description Weeks

Weeks 1 & 2
Theory of the Novel (Prof. Peter Davies)

Weeks 3 & 4 (30 Jan & 6 Feb) Intermediality: Film and Literature/Literature in Film Screen Adaptation (Prof. Marion Schmid)

Weeks 5 & 6 Structuralism and Poststructuralism (Dr Sarah Tribout)

Weeks 7 & 8 Psychoanalytic Criticism (Dr Kath Swarbrick)

Weeks 9 & 10 Feminist Theory and Criticism (Dr Claire Boyle)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Other Study Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) 2 hours Other Study
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One essay of 4,000 words.

Formative feedback will be provided individually.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Apply knowledge of a number of literary theories and different approaches to literary study.
  2. Read a variety of theoretical texts critically and to reflect on aesthetic principles and their historical change within different contexts.
  3. Assess a range of applications of theories and approaches and their results as well as their usefulness for the students' own research interests.
  4. Analyse theoretical texts and to convey their arguments effectively in both written and oral form.
  5. Work autonomously both as part of a group and on their own.
Reading List
Barry, Peter, Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, 3rd edn (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2009 [1995])

Bennett, Andrew, and Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 4th edn (London and New York: Routledge, 2009)

Bertens, Hans, Literary Theory: The Basics, 3rd edn (London and New York: Routledge, 2013 [2001])

Culler, Jonathan, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011)

Eagleton, Terry, Literary Theory: An Introduction, 2nd edn (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1983 [1996])

--, Figures of Dissent: Critical Essays on Fish, Spivak, żiżek and Others (New York: Verso, 2003)

Iser, Wolfgang, How to Do Theory (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2006)

Makaryk, Irena R., ed., Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms (Toronto and London: University of Toronto Press, 1993)

Rivkin, Julie, and Michael Ryan, Literary Theory: An Anthology, 2nd edn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsTMLS2
Contacts
Course organiserDr Sarah Tribout-Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3205
Email: Sarah.Tribout-Joseph@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Inga Ackermann
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
Email: Inga.Ackermann@ed.ac.uk
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