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: Wed 9-11

This module supplements existing teaching on Romantic-period literature, allowing students the opportunity to study works by and about women written between 1789 and 1820. It complements modules EN3162 and EN3163. The focus of the module is the richly varied and often exciting fiction, poetry and non-fictional prose emanating from the ‘revolution in female manners’ which sprang out of the momentous changes of post-1789 European society. Students will gain a sense of how arguments about women’s education, marriage, inheritance and status in society connect with the more general political and ideological ferment of the 1790s and beyond.

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: 45 minute lecture (x 11 weeks); 1hour 15 minute seminar (x 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 22

Guided independent study hours: 253

Assessment pattern

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


Re-assessment: 3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr S C Manly

Intended learning outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of the literature of the period through reading unabridged primary texts
• Present an informed discussion of this literature in the light of contextual evidence such as social, political, and wider historical developments
• Demonstrate skills in critical reading and evaluation of primary texts and relevant secondary material, and independent research skills gained by exploring and using Library and IT resources.
• Demonstrate a range of practical and presentational skills
• Work productively with other students on the module in Autonomous Learning Groups