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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Undergraduate Course: New Women, New Men?: Gender Revolutions in Late 19th c. British Fiction (ENLI10309)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe aim of this course is to explore the shifts, transitions, and revolutions in thinking about gender in late 19th century British fiction. This course covers the emergence of the "New Woman" and her counterpart the "New Man", as well as the Victorian doctrine of "separate spheres", and debates over suffrage, education, sexual double standards, the marriage question, and sexual purity. Through texts exploring the plight of modern men and women, this course examines the period’s shift from a doctrine of difference to a model of equal rights. It also considers the way in which both male and female authors responded to these shifts and reassessed their roles as authors.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Scottish Literature 2 (ENLI08004) AND Scottish Literature 1 (ENLI08016)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Students will gain an understanding of the ways in which fiction stimulated and reflected gender debates in the period; they will gain an understanding of the historical development of gender debates within British literature; they will gain a grasp of the origins of modern ideas of gender and gender equality.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/index.htm
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information 1 hour(s) per week for 1 week(s).
Keywordsgender in late 19th century British fiction; "New Woman"; "New Man"; "separate speheres"; suffrage,
Contacts
Course organiserProf Jeremy Robbins
Tel: (0131 6)50 3675
Email: Jeremy.Robbins@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk
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