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: 2.00 pm Mon and 11.00 am Wed

Students will be expected to acquire and to demonstrate, in coursework and in the examination, familiarity with a range of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts. They should have considered the relationship between these texts and a variety of different social and cultural contexts, and have developed an awareness of debates surrounding the genres of 'comedy' and 'romance'. Students will acquire knowledge both of literary texts from a certain period and of the genres of these texts. They will also develop skills in close reading and reasoned literary-critical argument. (Group B)

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 lecture and 1 seminar/tutorial 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 A L Davis
Module teaching staff: Dr Alex Davis (ALD3)

Intended learning outcomes

• display a broadly-based knowledge of the literature of the texts in question, gained by reading unabridged primary texts and by following up primary reading with critical reading on each text studied.
• Display the capacity to present an informed discussion of this literature in the light of the theatrical, cultural and generic contexts in which it was produced.
• Display skills in critical reading and evaluation of primary texts and relevant secondary material.
• Display the ability to present their arguments and evidence in correct and fluent English, in written essays and in class discussion.