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EL50A8: SCOTTISH MEDICINE AND LITERARY CULTURE (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:39


Course Overview

This course examines the ramifications of Scottish medicine for literary culture within Scotland, throughout Britain, and across the transatlantic world. It will take an historicist approach in examining the cultural, geographical, political and other circumstances enabling the dissemination of distinctively Scottish medico-literary discourses, focusing on the period from the founding of the Edinburgh Medical School in 1726 to the end of World War One.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Catherine Jones

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • One of Master of Letters in English Literary Studies (Studied) or Master of Letters in Irish and Scottish Literature (Studied) or M Litt in Creative Writing (Studied) or Master of Letters in Literature, Science and Medicine (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course examines the ramifications of Scottish medicine for literary culture within Scotland, throughout Britain, and across the transatlantic world. It will take an historicist approach in examining the cultural, geographical, political and other circumstances enabling the dissemination of distinctively Scottish medico-literary discourses, focusing on the period from the founding of the Edinburgh Medical School in 1726 to the end of World War One. Topics to be discussed will include: sympathy and its limits; the development of medico-literary genres such as the short story, physician autobiography, and medical autobiography; and the role of medical ideas and culture in the careers, creative practice and reception of such canonical writers as Robert Burns, Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt:

Essay 1: 2,500 words 40%

Essay 2: 3,500 words 50%

oral presentation (to be accompanied by written summary of 300-500 words): 10%

Resit:

1 x 5000 word essay

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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