Undergraduate Course: Writing the Body Politic (ENLI10193)
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 | The course will examine a selection of texts exploring the reinvention of cultural identity in American poetry from Walt Whitman to the present day. The course encompasses such broad cultural and intellectual movements as "Transcendentalism", "Modernism" and the "Postmodern". The term "body politic", while inescapably cultural and political in its primary emphasis, is also intended to felicitate discussion of those issues of sexuality and gender that inflect cultural and political subjectivities. |
| Course description |
In addition to the skills training common to all English Literature Honours courses (essay writing, independent reading, group discussion, oral presentation, small-group autonomous leaning), see Learning Outcomes for further expansion.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 8 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 course essay of 2,500 words (30%);
mark for Class Participation (10%);
1 take-home examination essay of 3,000 words (60%) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in relation to the reinvention of cultural identity in American poetry from Walt Whitman to the present day.
- Speak and write fluently about these issues in relation to the primary texts and the American socio-historical contexts in which they are embedded.
- Apply a range of different speculative and intellectual contexts (such as 'transcendentalism', 'romanticism', 'modernism', 'regionalism', 'postmodernism' and 'post-colonialism') to the primary texts under discussion and evaluate the relation between these movements over the last 180 years.
- Reflect constructively on good learning practice.
- Articulate how their own thinking about key course issues has developed.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Seminar: 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks; plus attendance at Autonomous Learning Group for 1 hour a week - at time to be arranged |
| Keywords | ENLI10193 Writing Body Politic |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lee Spinks
Tel: (0131 6)50 3616
Email: Lee.Spinks@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms June Cahongo
Tel: (0131 6)50 3620
Email: J.Cahongo@ed.ac.uk |
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