Undergraduate Course: D.H. Lawrence and E. M. Forster (LLLG07086)
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 course will explore works by two great writers of fiction who were personally acquainted and made illuminating and provocative comments on each other's work. |
| Course description |
Students will learn about the impact of EM Forster and D H Lawrence's childhoods, social class, and education on their subsequent writing, and will also become acquainted with their theories about Literature and the extent to which these shed light on their practice as writers.
The course will explore the two writers' comparative struggles against what they perceived as repressive and hypocritical in the attitudes of their contemporaries, especially to social class and sex and the way travel and personal relationships enabled both to achieve a measure of sexual fulfilment and artistic integrity
|
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2016/17, 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 the opportunity to submit a formative practice essay of 1000 words in week 6, feedback for which is given in week 7. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of the influence and impact social and cultural contexts had on both writers
- Show analytic approach to close reading of text
- Demonstrate an understanding of the influence both writers had on contemporary and future writers and their contribution to literary theory
|
Learning Resources
Preparatory reading:
D H Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature (Heinemann, 1964)
E M Forster, Aspects of the Novel (Pelican, 1976)
Core Texts:
D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (Penguin, 1948)
D H Lawrence, The Prussian Officer and Other Stories (Penguin, 1945)
D H Lawrence, Twilight in Italy (Heinemann, 1956)
D H Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover (Heinemann, 1960)
E M Forster, The Longest Journey (Penguin, 1988)
E M Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread (Arnold, 1975)
E M Forster, Maurice (Penguin, 1977)
E M Forster, Collected Short Stories (Penguin, 1954)
|
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Zofia.Guertin@ed.ac.uk |
|
© Copyright 2016 The University of Edinburgh - 3 February 2017 4:40 am
|
University Homepage