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This course will consider examples from different eras in the Scottish Gaelic poetry canon. As an overarching theme and within the broader context of the MLitt in Scottish and Irish Literature it will consider how the poets of different eras have explored the concepts of both Scottish and Gaelic identity.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This is an 11 week course which considers examples from different eras in the Scottish Gaelic poetry canon. As an overarching theme and within the broader context of the MLitt in Scottish and Irish Literature the course will consider how the poets of different eras have explored the concepts of both Scottish and Gaelic identity. The course will commence with a consideration of the shared and divergent professional poetry of the Classical bards; it will consider the often anonymous song tradition that has survived from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; it will contemplate the magestic and commanding political verse of the eighteenth century and the harrowing verse of the nineteenth century when many Gaels were forced from their homelands during the period known as the Clearances. It will culminate with a consideration of the Gaelic renaissance period of the mid twentieth century and consider the impact of poets such as Sorley Maclean and Iain Crichton Smith on the Scottish literary scene and it will finally consider what the future is for Gaelic literature in a Scottish and international context.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment:
100%. One short essay (2500) 40%; a
longer essay (3500) 50%, presentation (10%).
Resit: N/A
There are no assessments for this course.
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