EN4426
Civil Wars on Page and Screen
2017-2018
30
15
SCQF level 10
2
Academic year(s): 2017-2018
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: 2
Planned timetable:
In this module we shall be looking at literary and cinematic representations of a number of different instances of civil war from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the process, we will focus on issues such as gender, race, class, family and nationhood, politics of memory and commemoration, and the aesthetics of representing violence. We will examine the politics of definition of civil wars and think about civil wars as a consequence of colonialism and post-colonial nation-building. Questions we will be addressing include: What are the specific issues that are associated with civil wars? Is there a particular kind of literature that comes out of civil wars? What role does literature play in our perceptions of civil wars? How might it help or hinder post-civil war reconciliation? What are the differences between literature of different genres, and between literature and cinema, when it comes to representing civil wars?
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass EN2003 and pass EN2004
Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour class and 2 optional consultative hours, and 3 optional hours of film viewing
Scheduled learning hours: 22
Guided independent study hours: 278
As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 50%
Re-assessment: 3-hour Written Examination = 100%