Undergraduate Course: The American Novel, 1920-1960 (ENLI10099)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to a number of key American novels of the first half of the twentieth century, raising issues of narrative form and national self-definition. Close attention is paid to historical context and a number of critical approaches through which these works can be read. |
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 48 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 essay of 2,500 words (30%);
1 class participation mark (10%)
1 sit down exam (60%) |
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in relation to the American novel as a crucial genre in the production of modern literature.
- Students will understand the principal critical terms that are used in relation to the American novel and interrogate their utility.
- Students will be able to apply a range of secondary criticism to the primary texts on the course, and evaluate them in relation to their own readings.
- Students will perform textual analyses which consider a text's engagement with a novel's content and aesthetics in light of its historical and cultural contexts.
- Students will, in addition, further improve their abilities in areas fundamental to the study of English literature at Honours level: essay writing, independent reading, critical thinking, class discussion, oral presentation of information, and the ability to learn autonomously in small groups.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alexandra Lawrie
Tel: (0131 6)50 8968
Email: Alex.Lawrie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sheila Strathdee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3619
Email: S.Strathdee@ed.ac.uk |
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