Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
This course, taught jointly by staff in English and Music, explores the connections between literature and music. How have these art forms informed or overlapped with one another? What sorts of collaboration have taken place? How might literary and musical studies work across disciplinary boundaries? While the focus will be on the British nineteenth century, with case studies addressing different aspects of literary-musical interaction, there will be opportunities for students to address trans-historical theoretical issues and to research topics from other places and periods.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will be taught in a series of ten seminars where the emphasis is on discussion of set reading and listening. Some seminars will be jointly led by both course coordinators. Other seminars will be led by only one of the course coordinators. Early in the course we will explore methodological questions related to interdisciplinary study, considering how students and scholars working in related fields can learn from and work with one another. Later seminars will introduce case studies (sometimes pairs of writers and musicians) to consider aspects of literary-musical interaction. The focus will be on the British nineteenth century, but students will be encouraged to read and listen widely. Topics for discussion will include: adaptation; narrative across media; cultures of reading and listening; vocality and aurality in literature and music; and the cultural mobility of print and performance.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 80 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 36 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Feedback provided via Turnitin. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Students will have understanding of literary and musical texts, shifts in literature, the interaction between musical and literary actors, and the frameworks of interdisciplinary fields. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Students should be able to appreciate the authors and works, understand the factors that bear on the interaction of print and performance, and engage in interdisciplinary research. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students should be able to think and speak about the relationship between literature and music, discuss the reception of the texts/performances and write clearly and critically about literature, music |
| Reflection | Create | Students will be able to discuss complex issues with clarity both orally and in writing, write clearly, succinctly, grammatically and idiomatically, and organise study time effectively. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31,32,33 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Feedback provided via Turnitin. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Students will have understanding of literary and musical texts, shifts in literature, the interaction between musical and literary actors, and the frameworks of interdisciplinary fields. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Students should be able to appreciate the authors and works, understand the factors that bear on the interaction of print and performance, and engage in interdisciplinary research. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students should be able to think and speak about the relationship between literature and music, discuss the reception of the texts/performances and write clearly and critically about literature, music |
| Reflection | Create | Students will be able to discuss complex issues with clarity both orally and in writing, write clearly, succinctly, grammatically and idiomatically, and organise study time effectively. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Feedback via Turnitin. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Recorded individual oral presentation. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Students will have understanding of literary and musical texts, shifts in literature, the interaction between musical and literary actors, and the frameworks of interdisciplinary fields. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Students should be able to appreciate the authors and works, understand the factors that bear on the interaction of print and performance, and engage in interdisciplinary research. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Students should be able to think and speak about the relationship between literature and music, discuss the reception of the texts/performances and write clearly and critically about literature, music |
| Reflection | Create | Students will be able to discuss complex issues with clarity both orally and in writing, write clearly, succinctly, grammatically and idiomatically, and organise study time effectively. |
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