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EN4363   Romantic Writing and Women

Academic year(s): 2016-2017

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: TBC

The work of Blake, Wordsworth and Shelley is well known to students of Romanticism - but what of their female contemporaries? This module explores the richly varied and often exciting fiction, poetry and non-fictional prose emanating from the pen of women writers in the aftermath of the French Revolution, showing how a 'revolution in female manners' sprang out of the momentous changes of post-1789 European society. (Group C)

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact:

Scheduled learning hours: 44

Guided independent study hours: 256

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews:

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 50%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: TBC