University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 1

Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable: 11.00 am - 1.00 pm Thursday

We shall be looking at literary and cinematic representations of different instances of civil war and partition - the Irish Civil War (1922-1923), the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the conflict around the Indian/Pakistani partition (1947), the conflict between Israel and Palestine (1948-present), the Nigerian Civil War/Biafran War (1967-1970) and the Somali Civil War (1988-present).

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 class and 2 optional consultative hours, and 3 optional hours of film viewing

Assessment pattern

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


Re-assessment: exam = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr A Raychaudhuri
Module teaching staff: Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri (AR220)
Module coordinator email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk