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

Undergraduate Course: Edinburgh: City of Literature (LLLG08001)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryEdinburgh has an enormously rich literary heritage and was the first city in the world to receive UNESCO City of Literature status. This course examines some of Edinburgh's most celebrated literary talents, some Edinburgh locals and other Edinburgh visitors. Alongside works by among others Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ian Rankin, Muriel Spark and Irvine Welsh, the course will explore these writers' presence in the city through manuscript collections and objects in the National Libraries and Museums of Scotland and the Edinburgh Writers' Museum. We will also follow their footsteps through the city and see how their presence has been marked with monuments, plaques and other forms of cultural heritage. We will consider how these writers represent the city in their works and how it has shaped their writing.
Course description WEEK 1
MONDAY
NO CLASS

TUESDAY
INTRO LECTURE
CR EXERCISES
LECTURE (BURNS)


WEDNESDAY
STUDY SKILLS: FINDING RESOURCES (UNI LIBRARY VISIT)

THURSDAY
BURNS TUTORIAL 1
BURNS WALK
BURNS TUTORIAL 2

FRIDAY
RLS LECTURE
RLS TUTORIAL 1

WEEK 2
MONDAY
RLS TUTORIAL 2
RLS VISIT


TUESDAY
DOYLE LECTURE
TV EXTRACTS
DOYLE TUTORIAL 1


WEDNESDAY
STUDY SKILLS: FORMATIVE ESSAY WORKSHOP

THURSDAY
DOYLE TUTORIAL 2
SPARK LECTURE
FILM EXTRACTS


FRIDAY
SPARK TUTORIAL 1
SPARK VISIT


WEEK 3
MONDAY
SPARK TUTORIAL 2
WAR POETS LECTURE


TUESDAY
WAR POETS TUTORIAL 1
WAR POETS VISIT

WEDNESDAY
STUDY SKILLS: ORAL PRESENTATION WORKSHOP

THURSDAY
WAR POETS TUTORIAL 2
RANKIN LECTURE
FILM EXTRACTS


FRIDAY
RANKIN TUTORIAL 1
RANKIN WALK


WEEK 4
MONDAY
RANKIN TUTORIAL 2
WELSH LECTURE


TUESDAY
FILM EXTRACTS
WELSH WALK


WEDNESDAY
STUDY SKILLS: ESSAY AND PRESENTATION WORKSHOP

THURSDAY
WELSH TUTORIAL 1
WELSH TUTORIAL 2
COURSE ROUND UP


FRIDAY
PRESENTATIONS
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Costs of essential books on reading list and any entrance fees for study visits.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. By the end of the course students should be able to:

    Discuss texts confidently in groups and as part of an assessed oral presentation.
  2. Assess literature based, to a certain extent, on their own close reading
  3. Place literature in its historical and geographical context
  4. Understand the cultural remains left by writers in Edinburgh.
  5. Write detailed and confident essays in response to assessment questions.
Reading List
Essential:
Burns, Robert, 2013. Selected Poems and Songs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 2008. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Oxford, Oxford World¿s Classics.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 2008. Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Spark, Muriel, 2000. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Penguin: Harmondsworth.
Rankin, Ian, 2000. Set in Darkness. London: Orion.
Welsh, Irvine, 1994. Trainspotting. London: Vintage.

Recommended:
Mullan, John, 2008. How Novels Work OUP, Oxford.
Wallace, Gavin and Stevenson, Randall, eds., 1993. The Scottish Novel Since the 1970s. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Skoblow, Jeffrey, 2001 Dooble Tongue: Scots, Burns, Contradiction. Newark: University of Delaware Press.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (2003) Stevenson¿s Scotland Edinburgh, Mercat Press.
Edwards, Owen Dudley, 1984. The Quest for Sherlock Holmes. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Mackaill, Alan and Kemp, Dawn, 2007. Conan Doyle and Joseph Bell: The Real Sherlock Holmes. Edinburgh: Royal College of Surgeons.
Gardiner, Michael and Maley, Willy. eds., 2010. The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Morace, Robert, 2001. Irvine Welsh¿s Trainspotting: A Reader¿s Guide. London: Continuum.
Rankin, Ian, 2005. Rebus¿ Scotland. London: Orion.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills * Close critical reading of passages from texts.
* Small group working.
* Setting literature in historical, social and political context.
* Advance preparation of material for class including work for essays and class discussion.
* Wide reading. Students will be encouraged to work around the subject by reading relevant secondary material.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Anya Clayworth
Tel:
Email: aclaywor@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Tempski
Tel: (0131 6)51 4836
Email: Jennifer.Tempski@ed.ac.uk
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