University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: To be arranged

The aim of the module is to enable students to examine the interaction of literature and its various historical, philosophical, cultural and political contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many of the authors we study as producers of imaginative literature also engaged in polemical, historical or philosophical writing. Literary works could make decisive and poignant contributions to particular political debates, and the literary sphere itself has its own politics. This module shows how thoroughly literature is connected to broader discursive and historical contexts globally.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisite(s): You must also take EN5208

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2-hour seminars (x 9 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 18

Guided independent study hours: 280

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 100% coursework


Re-assessment: 100% coursework

Personnel

Module coordinator: Professor J S Stabler
Module teaching staff: Team taught