Postgraduate Course: The Traditional Arts in Scotland: History and Context (Online) (SCET11031)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course provides an historical and contextual foundation for an appreciation and understanding of the transmission and performance of song and storytelling within Scotland. |
| Course description |
1. The Dynamics of Historical Change
2. The Dynamics of Continuity
3. Narratives of Dislocation (clearance, migration, urbanization)
4. Inter-generational Transmission in a Literary Culture
5. Intellectual Threads and the Power of Locality
Reflections, Consolidations and Conclusions
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should have
* An understanding of change and continuity as a single paradigm
* A firm grasp of key social and political patterns in relation to Scotland's cultural history
* A familiarity with the main theoretical positions relating to the orality/literary interface
* The ability to place the verbal arts in Scotland within their historical and diachronic context
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Reading List
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
www.oraltradition.org
http://www.siefhome.org/
www.scran.ac.uk
http://www.afsnet.org/
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/
Key electronic journals:
Bealoideas http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bealoideas
Ethnomusicology http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/ethnomusicology/about.html
Folklore http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folklore
Folk Music Journal http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folkmusij
Journal of American Folklore http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jaf/
Journal of Folklore Research http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jfolkrese&
International Journal of Intangible Heritage http://www.ijih.org/mainMgr.ijih?cmd=mainPageView
Review of Scottish Culture (copyright held by University of Edinburgh, not yet available digitally, and selected articles to be scanned and made available)
Scottish Studies (not yet available digitally but copyright owned by University of Edinburgh, and selected articles to be scanned and made available)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
* Oral and written communication
* Listening and evaluation skills
* Archive-centred search and retrieval skills
* Planning and time management
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| Keywords | TTAiS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Alan.Binnie@ed.ac.uk |
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