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This course offers an overview of a wide range of twentieth-century Scottish literature, focusing on themes of haunting, death, and place. Including novels, short stories, poetry, and drama, the course explores questions of the relationship between self and society, the legacy of the past, and the formation of gendered and regional identities. There are lots of ghosts.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.
This course introduces students to a variety of twentieth-century Scottish literary texts, including fiction, poetry, and drama. Ranging from Modernist innovation to postmodern experimentation, the course focuses on the relationship between individual and communal identities, the importance of local experience, and the legacies of the past. The course is also unified by a focus on haunting, including not only ghost stories but considerations of the way twentieth-century texts are haunted by earlier works. While the course follows on from Sympathy for the Devil: Nineteenth-Century Scottish Short Stories, it may be taken independently, and no prior knowledge of Scottish literature is required. Authors may include J.M. Barrie, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Muriel Spark, and Ali Smith.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 35 | |
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Feedback will be provided electronically. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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Feedback will be provided orally and in writing. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 45 | |
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Feedback will be provided electronically. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Feedback | written feedback provided | Word Count | 3500 | |
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| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between self and society, the legacy of the past, and the formation of gendered and regional identities. |
| Factual | Understand | Think and speak cogently about parallels and differences in Scottish literary texts of this period |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Consider the relevance of historical and theoretical critical approaches to the study of Scottish literature. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Reflect critically on the use of different genres in twentieth-century Scottish literature and understand the narrative conventions associated with particular forms. |
| Procedural | Create | Write in a sophisticated way about twentieth-century Scottish literature and in particular the way it reflects wider cultural, social, political, and aesthetic developments |
| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate understanding of twentieth-century Scottish literature with a focus on the relation between self and society. |
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