Undergraduate Course: Booker Prize Novels 3 (LLLG07019)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
This course aims to look at winners of the prestigious Booker Prize. Our texts for this year will be William Golding¿s novel about human savagery Rites of Passage, Graham Swift¿s touching Last Orders and DBC Pierre¿s black comedy, Vernon God Little. We will also discuss Margaret Atwood¿s complex novel-within-a-novel, The Blind Assassin and finish up in India for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala¿s iconic Heat and Dust. Come along and discuss these novels in a relaxed atmosphere. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
¿ discuss texts confidently;
¿ assess literature based, to a certain extent, on their own close reading;
¿ place literature in its historical context;
¿ understand the various issues which affect the awarding of literary prizes.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Caroline Bamford
Tel: (0131 6)50 4322
Email: Caroline.Bamford@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)50 3943
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk |
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