University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable: 10.00 am - 12.00 noon Mon

Ghosts, reanimated bodies, monsters, fragmented manuscripts and haunted spaces fill the works of Romantic poets and novelists alike. This module explores the Romantics' interest in the macabre by placing it in the context of anxieties about the French Revolution, religion, sexuality, race and nation, as well as developments in late eighteenth-century print and book production. (Group C)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass EN2003 and pass EN2004

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour seminar, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%


Re-assessment: exam = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr K L Garner
Module teaching staff: Dr Katie Garner (KLG7)
Module coordinator email klg7@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• Analyse the cultural developments and historical contexts that inform the fascination with the Gothic in Romantic-period writing;
• Apply a critical understanding of concepts central to the study of Gothic writing (the sublime; the uncanny; the abject; Male and Female Gothic) to the set texts;
• Evaluate the form and function of paratextual elements of Romantic-period books, including bindings, owner inscriptions, publishing information and publishers' advertisements;
• Construct a logical, accurate and professionally presented argument, informed by knowledge of surrounding criticism, both orally through class discussion and unassessed presentations and in written summative essay and exam work