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

Undergraduate Course: Scottish Literature 1A (VS1) (ENLI08017)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityPart-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn introduction to the study of literature, in particular questions of genre, form, and interpretation, with texts drawn from a variety of historical periods and literary modes.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking English Literature 1 (ENLI08001) OR English Literature 1 (VS1) (ENLI08008) OR English Literature 1 (VS2) (ENLI08009)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs Essential course texts
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. Produce critical textual analysis that demonstrates an understanding of genre, varieties of form, and literary critical terms.
  2. Critically evaluate how writers use literary forms for different effects by paying attention to rhetorical detail and providing textual evidence.
  3. Identify and explicate some of the methods used by literary or cultural critics to examine formal issues and to link a work's form to its content.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of how literary texts are shaped by historical developments, and how they in turn participate in and reflect on historical change.
  5. Make use of a range of university study skills, including essay writing skills and responding to feedback.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/pre-honours/scottish-literature-1
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Three one-hour lectures plus 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
Keywordsnational identity; national culture; vernacular poetics; vernacular revival; genre; romance; realism
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Salter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3055
Email: David.Salter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Helene Thomsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Helene.Thomsen@ed.ac.uk
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