English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3111Beowulf
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00amand11.00amFri
Semester:
1
Thismoduleintroducesstudentstooneofthestrangestworksofmediaevalliterature,Beowulf.Thehero's
strugglesagainstmonsters,andthetext'sdepictionofpaganaristocraciesandtribalwarfarewillbestudied
in close readings and thematic study against the backdrop of Anglo-Saxon literary history and poetic
conventions. Key aspects studied will include monstrosity, warfare, paganism, leadership, poetic
composition,earlymediaevalmanuscriptproduction,andtheusageofelectronictools.Themodulewillalso
rangewidelyamongstrelatedNorthSealiterature(OldEnglishpoetry,OldNorsesagas,mediaevalLatin,and
modernfolklore).Beowulfwillbereadinaglossededitionandintheoriginal;supportingmaterialwillbe
readintranslation.SomepriorexperiencewithreadingOldEnglish(e.g.throughEN2003)isuseful,butnot
necessarilyrequired.(GroupA)
Programmemoduletype: GroupAOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Anti-requisite(s):
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1seminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
EN3010,ME3012
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCRauer
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCRauer
EN3112Chaucer'sCanterburyTales
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmWed
Semester:
2
ThismoduleconsistsofthestudyofChaucer'sCanterburyTalesforitsindividualtalesandasawhole,with
regardtosuchkeyfeaturesasgenre,structure,mediaevalliterarythoughtandgender.(GroupA)
Programmemoduletype: GroupAOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Assessmentpattern:
Weeklycontact:2hours(either1x2-hourseminaror1lectureand1
seminar),and2optionalconsultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrIJohnsonandProfAColdiron
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrIJohnsonandProfAColdiron
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3113OlderScotsLiteratureto1560
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00amTueand11.00amThu
Semester:
1
This module introduces students to the late-mediaeval literature of pre-Reformation Scotland. A
representative selection of Older Scots works from the fifteenth and earlier sixteenth centuries will be
studied in the context of development in the language, literary culture and political climate of the period
before the cultural watershed of the Reformation. Writers studied will include Henryson, Dunbar, Douglas
andLyndsayaswellassomeoftheiranonymouscontemporaries.(GroupA)
Programmemoduletype: GroupAOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminarand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=30%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=70%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=30%,Coursework=70%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrMRPurdie
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrMRPurdie
EN3141TragedyintheAgeofShakespeare
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
1&1(taughttwice)
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
S1-12.00noonTueand12.00noonThu,S2-3.00pm-4.00pmThu,4.00pm-
5.00pmFri
The aim of the module is to develop an understanding of different versions of tragedy in the English
Renaissance.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1tutorialand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfNPPRhodes(S1)DrGPertile(S2)
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfNPPRhodes(S1)DrGPertile(S2)
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3142RenaissanceLiterature:TextsandContexts
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
12.00noonTueand2.00pmThu
Semester:
2
TheaimofthemoduleistodevelopanunderstandingofsomemajorliterarytextsoftheRenaissanceboth
in formalist terms and in terms of their historical and cultural context. Authors considered will include
Spenser,Shakespeare,Jonson,Donne,Herbert,MarvellandMilton.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfNPPRhodes
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfNPPRhodes
EN3161TheDevelopmentoftheNovelto1840
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amTueand10.00amThu
Semester:
1
Thismoduleisdesignedtoallowstudentstoacquaintthemselveswithsomeoftheprincipalnovelsofthe
period1720-1840togetherwiththesocialbackgroundfromwhichtheyderive.Itwillshowthedevelopment
ofthenovelformfromitsearlieststagestoitsestablishmentasthedominantliteraryforminthenineteenth
century.ItformspartofthecriticalandhistoricalstudyofliteratureavailabletostudentsintheSchooland
theFaculty.(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar,and2optionalconsultativehours
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3162RevolutionandRomanticism:Literature,HistoryandSociety(1789-1805)
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amTueand10.00amThu
Semester:
1
Thismoduleprovideswide-rangingreadingintheliteratureofthe1790s,withemphasisontheinteraction
betweenliterature,historyandpoliticalrevolutionduringthisdecade.(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2hours:seminars,lectures,ortutorials,and2optional
consultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfNHRoe
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfNHRoe
EN3163TheYoungerRomantics:PoetryandProse(1810-1830)
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amThuand11.00amFri
Semester:
2
Thismoduleaimstoacquaintstudentswithsomeprincipalpoeticandprosetextsofthesecondgeneration
ofEnglishRomanticwriters.(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2hours:seminars,lecturesortutorials,and2optional
consultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Assessmentpattern:
Requiredfor:
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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EN4366
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3165'LooseBaggyMonsters':TheRiseandFalloftheVictorianNovel
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-11.00amWed
Semester:
1
InspiteofwhatHenryJames'sfamouslydisparagingcharacterisationofVictoriannovelsas'loosebaggymonsters'
might suggest, the novel was, without a doubt, the dominant cultural form of the Victorian period. From the
prudentandpropertotherudeandrisqué,andfromthe1830stothefindesiècle,theVictoriannovelwas,inits
owntime,acapacious,malleableandcontestedformofculturalproduction,andonewhichcontinuestoresist
easycategorisationtoday.OnthismodulewewillexploretherichheterogeneityoftheVictoriannovelthrough
close examination of works by a range of canonical and non-canonical authors. We will examine the changing
shapeofthenovelthroughoutthenineteenthcentury(fromthesprawling'monstrosity'ofthetriple-deckertothe
compactneatnessoftheproto-modernistaestheticofthe1890s),aswellastherangeofnovelisticgenresthat
proliferatedatthistime(includingrealism,sensation,theindustrialnovel,Victoriangothic,horror,adventure,and
sciencefiction),andconsiderthewaysinwhichthecultural,socialandpoliticalvaluesofVictorianBritainareboth
encodedandcontestedinthenovelsoftheage.
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3166VictorianPoetry’sVoices
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-11.00amTue
Semester:
2
Throughout the Victorian period poetry was viewed simultaneously as the highest mode of artistic
expressionandasamarginalpractice,consignedtotheperipheryofculturebythenovel,thenewspaper,
andotherpopularformsofwriting.Thisambiguitysparkedaseriesofdebatesabouttheplaceofpoetryin
modern culture, as Victorian poets tried to define and defend the value and purpose of their work. This
module will explore these debates by focusing on the concept of 'voice' in a range of canonical and noncanonical poems. The module will consider how Victorian poets experimented with the forms and
conventions of verse in order to speak in different voices, writing innovative poems that undermined the
barrier between literary language and the patterns of everyday speech, and that interrogated the links
betweenlanguageandpersonalidentity.Itwillalsoexaminethewaysinwhichpoetsusedthediversevoices
oftheirwritingtoaddressthesocialandpoliticalissuesthatshapedVictorianculture.
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English)
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Anti-requisite(s):
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrGTate
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrGTate
EN4364
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3201LiteraryTheory
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmFri
Semester:
1
This module is designed to guide students through some fundamental questions in literary theory, and
introducethemtothewritingofsomecanonicalcriticaltheorists.Weekbyweek,inaseriesoftwo-hour
sessions,studentswillbeintroducedtoaquestionorprobleminliteraryinterpretation,suchastheroleof
theunconsciousinwriting,theideasofethnicityandnationandtheirinfluenceonliteratureandculture.By
reading a selection of theoretical texts each week, students will develop an understanding of these
fundamentalquestions.Studentswillbeintroducedtotheterminologyofthevariousdifferenttheoretical
positions studied; gaining familiarity with feminist, psychoanalytical, Marxist, post-colonial and poststructuralistconceptsandterms,amongstothers.Studentsshould beabletounderstandthesetermsand
employ them in their own work in a clear and unpretentious manner. Over the course of this module
students will also have to consider the methodology of other disciplines in the arts, humanities and social
sciences(philosophy,anthropology,politicaltheoryandhistory,forexample),andaskhowthemethodology
ofliterarystudiesisrelatedtothoseotherdisciplines.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrARaychaudhuri
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrARaychaudhuri
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3202LiteratureandEcology
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amThuand11.00amFri
Semester:
2
An introduction to the history of ecology-related literature from the transcendentalists to the present,
including the nature writing tradition, ecocriticism and writing as ecology. Beginning with Emerson and
Thoreau,weexaminehowatranscendentalistphilosophyofnatureinfluencedEnglish-languageworksinthe
UKandUSA;wealsoaddressanumberofschoolsortrends,includingfeminist,regional,naturalist,Native
Americanandotherindigenousthinking,aswellastheimplicationsofecocriticalwritingforawiderfield,
includingotherliterary-criticalapproaches,economicsandhistory.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish.
OptionalforSustainableDevelopment.
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1seminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfJBurnside
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfJBurnside
EN3207Twentieth-CenturyBritishandIrishDrama
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Semester:
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
12.00noonMonand12.00noonWed
1
ThismoduleaimstointroducestudentstoEnglishdramaofthetwentiethcenturyandtoissuesinthestudy
ofdramaofanyperiod.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1seminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrSHaddow
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrSHaddow
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3212ModernistLiterature:MakingItNew?
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-5.00pmThu
Semester:
1
Thismodulewillsurveyarepresentativesampleofmodernistfictionandpoetry,providinganopportunity
forthein-depthstudyofkeyconceptualshiftsandformalinnovationsinmodernistliterature.Thematically,
itwilltakeasitscentralfocusthequestionofhowthemodernistdesiretobreakwiththepastand'makeit
new' existed alongside an on-going interest in tradition and the past. We will consider topics such as
Imagismandclassicism;modernistusesofmyth;themodernistpastoral;modernismandmemory;exileand
imaginedreturn;andtheanticipatorynostalgiaofthe1930s.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1-hourlectureand1x1-hourseminar,and2optional
consultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrBCarver
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrBCarver
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3213PostcolonialLiteratureandTheory
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
1.00pmTueand1.00pmThu
Semester:
1
A diverse and contested field, postcolonialism explores a world transformed by European exploration,
exploitation and empire-building. This course examines literary representations of this world and will
introducestudentstoarangeofkeytexts,criticaldebatesandtheoreticalconceptsinpostcolonialstudies.
Focusing,inparticular(butnotexclusively),onthelegaciesoftheBritishempire,wewillexploretheworkof
writers from across Africa, the Caribbean, India and Britain in order to question the ways in which
postcolonial literature and theory challenges our understanding of race, class, gender, language and the
individual. How has the history of empire shaped the world in which we live? In what ways have writers
respondedtothepressurestobothcommemoratethecolonialpastandmovebeyondit?And,whatrolecan
literature play in the attempt to challenge the historical and political injustices of our postcolonial world?
(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourseminars,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrLMBurns
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrLMBurns
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3214TheCountryandtheCityinScottishLiterature
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
12.00noon-2.00pmMon
Semester:
2
WhatandwhereisScotland?HowhavethecitiesandthecountrysideofScotlandbeencreatedoverthelast
200 years? And what are the internal and external borders of Scottish literature - psychologically,
geographicallyandformally?ByexploringScottishnovels-andpoetry-fromtheearly19thcenturytothe
presentdayweexaminetheliteraryconstructionanddeconstructionofScotlandthroughdepictionsofits
rural and urban spaces. In particular, we analyse dystopian and utopian fantasies, green and gothic
tendencies,andnostalgiabothforthelostidylliccountrysideandforgritty,urban'reality',toaskifScotland
asaliteraryconstructionmakessense-andifitneedsto.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrPMackay
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrPMackay
EN3215AtomicCultures:AnglophoneWritingandtheGlobalColdWar
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amTueand11.00amThu
Semester:
1
On August 6, 1945, the bombing of Hiroshima announced the beginning of a new, "nuclear" age. As the
SecondWorldWarcametoanend,thevictorsgearedupforanewandnolessglobalconflict,aColdWar
betweentheU.S.S.Randthewesternpowerswhichwouldinvolvecountlessothernations,takingplaceby
means of espionage, proxy wars, and cultural influence. This module introduces the literature and related
cultureoftheColdWarAnglosphere,fromreportageandprotestlyricstofictionsofapocalypse,espionage,
and paranoia, and explores how the radioactive energy of the atomic age reshaped the twentieth-century
imagination.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminarplus2optionalconsultationhours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJPurdon
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3216ModernExperimentalPoetry
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-5.00pmThu
Semester:
2
Themoduleexaminessomeofthemostinnovativeandprovocativepoetsofthepostwarperiod.Theaims
are to attain a sense of the most significant poetic movements of the postwar period; to examine the
prevalence and value of transatlantic poetic exchange; to observe how large and complex aesthetic
developments can be detected in the specifics of individual oeuvres and friendships; to relate the acts of
poetic composition and critical reception to relevant broader questions of a historical, philosophical or
politicalnature;todeveloptheskillsofveryclosereadingthetextswewilldiscussdemand,whilebecoming
attunedtothehistoricaldevelopmentofdifferentreadingpractices.Wewillbelookingtoestablishpointsof
continuity or disagreement between poets as the idea of formal 'experimentalism' or 'innovation' or
'otherness'altersaccordingtotimeandplace.Themodulewillhelpstudentsapproachliteratureconfidently
ascritics.
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrOHazzard
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrOHazzard
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN3217WritingPoetry
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel9
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-11.00amWed
Semester:
2
Thismoduleallowsstudentstoexploresomeofthemostcommontechniques,formsandmodesofpoetry
andtodeveloptheirownpracticeaspoets.Thefirsthalfofthesemesterwillfocusonaspectsofprosody
such as meter and rhythm, rhyme and form, image and metaphor, allowing students to reimagine these
practicesfromthepointofviewofthewriting,ratherthantheanalysis,ofpoetry.Thesecondhalfofthe
module will concentrate on some of the main genres of poetry, such as lyric and elegy, with students
encouragedtoexperimentwiththeirownversionsoranti-versionsofthesemodes.Thefirsthoureachweek
will be spent discussing an aspect of poetry, with reference to the work of one or two poets, while the
secondhourwillbespentworkshoppingstudents'poems.
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Anti-requisite(s):
EN4417,EN4420,EN4500
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminarand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrEJones
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrEJones
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4315ApocalypticLiteratureinEarlyEnglish
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amand10.00amThu
Semester:
1
Christianity has always incorporated within its beliefs and institutions an inbuilt expectation of the End of
Time,asbroughtaboutbytheSecondComingofChristandtheDayofJudgment.Onthismodulestudents
will examine the expression of that apocalyptic expectation in a number of literary genres in English,
including Biblical texts, chronicles, homilies, and poems from the early medieval period. These texts
sometimes include colourful depictions of hell, the Antichrist, and dragons in the sky, but can also be
intensely political, as well as theologically involved. Students will translate and study these works in Old
English (or Anglo-Saxon) and Early Middle English. Previous experience with this language is necessary.
(GroupA)
Programmemoduletype: GroupAOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
3-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCSJones
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCSJones
EN4342RestorationDramainContext
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmMon
Semester:
1
Thismodulefocusesondramaticliteraturefromtheperiodc.1660-1710whileaimingtostudydramaticart
inrelationtoitsliteraryandhistoricalcontexts.Wewillreadapproximatelyhalfadozenplaysindifferent
genres alongside the poetry of John Dryden, the Earl of Rochester, Aphra Behn, and others, and in
conversationwithRestorationhistoriography.WewillalsotouchonthematerialconditionsofRestoration
theatre:playhousesandstages,playersandperformances,patronageandeconomics.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrMCAugustine
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrMCAugustine
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4345HardCases:LiteraryComplexityfromDonnetoPope
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-4.00pmMon
Semester:
2
DuringtheEnglishRenaissanceitwaswidelyunderstoodthatliteratureoughtto'instructbypleasing'.This
moduleisconcernedwiththosewritersandtextsthatseemtoignorethisimperative.Why,wewillask,do
writers from John Donne to Alexander Pope go out of their way to challenge or baffle or confuse or
overwhelm their readers? What are the forms, conditions, and uses of literary complexity? This module
might alternatively be called 'How To Read Hard Renaissance Texts.' Likely authors studied will include
Donne,Marvell,Cavendish,Milton,Dryden,Swift,Pope.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=40%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=60%
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=40%,Coursework=60%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrMCAugustine
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrMCAugustine
EN4346TheEarlyTudors:LiteratureandReformation
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00amTueandThu
Semester:
2
This module explores poetry, prose and drama from the reign of Henry VIII through to the early years of
Elizabeth I's rule. It will examine the remodelling of literary forms in a period of religious and political
'reformation',combiningbroadculturalandhistoricalperspectiveswithin-depthtextualanalysis.Keytexts
include:More'sUtopia;thepoetryofWyatt,SurreyandSkelton;earlysixteenth-centuryreligiousverse;and
theallegoricaldramaEveryman.Studentswillhavetheopportunitytowriteonthereceptionofthisperiod
infilm,novels,thevisualarts,etc.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourseminars,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrALDavis
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrALDavis
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4348BodiesandSelvesintheRenaissance
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
12.00noon-2.00pmThu
Semester:
1
Theaimofthismoduleistoplacetherelationshipbetweenthebody,theselfandthebookattheheartof
our understanding of Renaissance literature. From the body as a site for systems of ritual punishment, to
dissectionasamodelforselfhood,differentformsofcorporealitywillbeexploredasliterarytropes.Primary
texts will be examined alongside a diverse range of historical material, including anatomy textbooks and
philosophicalworks,inordertocontextualisetheoriesofembodimentandselfhood.Lookingatarangeof
texts by writers including Shakespeare, Donne, Montaigne, Webster, Marlowe, Amelia Lanyer, Jonson and
Spenser, Bodies and Selves will examine how bodily systems shape textual forms. Students should be
prepared for an intense programme of primary and secondary reading and for heavily discussion-based
seminars.Assessmentwillbebyaprogressionofessays;thereisnoexam.(GroupB)
Programmemoduletype: GroupBOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminarand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrGPertile
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrGPertile
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4361TheNovelsofJaneAusteninContext
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00am-12.00noonMon
Semester:
1
This module will examine the six major novels of Jane Austen in the context of novels by three of her
contemporaries, Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria Edgeworth and Ann Radcliffe. It aims to encourage an
understanding of Austen's work in the light of Romantic period aesthetics and politics and to explore
Austen's affinities with and departures from the novelistic conventions of the late eighteenth and early
nineteenthcenturies.ThemodulewillalsoconsidercriticalandtheoreticalapproachestoAusten'swriting
andselectedcontemporarytranslationsofAusten'sworkthroughrecentscreenadaptationsofhernovels.
(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=60%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=40%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
3-hourWrittenExamination=60%,Coursework=40%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrKGarner
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrKGarner
EN4365LiteratureandChildhoodintheEighteenthCentury
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
9.00am-11.00amWed
Semester:
1
Thismoduleintroducesstudentstosomeofthekeythemesandconcernsofliteraturewrittenforandabout
childrenintheeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturiesviathestudyofselectedkeyworksbyarangeof
philosophical and political thinkers, educationalists, fiction writers and poets. Engaging in close reading of
key texts, and drawing on contemporary discussions of and recent critical work on children's literature,
students will consider the literary, social and political contexts and consequences associated with the
imaginingandinterpretationofchildhoodandchildren'sreading.(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrSCManly
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrSCManly
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4367RomanticGothic
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00amMonand11.00amMon.
Semester:
2
This module examines the dark side of British Romanticism. Ghosts, reanimated bodies, monsters,
fragmented manuscripts and haunted spaces fill the works of Romantic poets and novelists alike. The
Romantics' fascination with the Gothic will be placed in the context of anxieties about the French
Revolution, religion, sexuality, race and nation, as well developments in late eighteenth-century print and
bookproduction:themoduleincludesascheduledvisittoMartyrsKirkLibrarytoviewaselectionofGothic
rare books. Students will also study eighteenth-century theoretical debates about terror and horror and
engage with critical issues that have long occupied modern critics of the genre, such as the contested
categoriesofMaleandFemaleGothic.(GroupC)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrKGarner
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrKGarner
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4398ShortDissertation
SCOTCATCredits:
15
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1
Academicyear:
2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions:
AvailableonlytostudentsalsodoingID4002.PlacesonID4002willbelimited
andentrywillbecompetitive.Onlythoseapplicantswhoaresuccessfulin
beingadmittedtotheplacementmodulewillbeparticipantsinthismodule.
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amTue
ThismodulecomplementsID4002'CommunicationandTeachinginArtsandHumanities'inwhichstudents
gainsubstantialexperienceofaworkingenvironment.Thismoduleprovidestheopportunityforstudentsto
caryoutanextendedpieceofwork(intheformofashortdissertation)onatopicrelatedtotheirworkin
ID4002.Forexample,thetopiccouldhaveapedagogicalfocus,exploringtheplaceofEnglishineducation,
oritcouldbeamoredetailedexplorationofasubjectrelatedtothestudent'sworkinID4002.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Co-requisite(s):
ID4002
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:3hoursofclassesoverthesemester,plusconsultationhours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:3hours
Guidedindependentstudy:147hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCRauer
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCRauer
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4399DissertationinEnglish
SCOTCATCredits:
30
Academicyear:
2017/8&2018/9
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amTue
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1
Thismoduleprovidesanopportunitytoundertakeasustainedpieceofindependentwork,onatopicchosen
by the student in consultation with a member of the School, leading to the presentation of an essay not
morethan10,000wordsinlength.Thedissertationmayconsistofacriticaldiscussionorofaprojectbased
on the extensive collection of electronic texts currently available to the School. It will involve personal
reading and research and will develop a range of skills, including investigative reading, use of information
technology, the exploitation of library and internet resources, and the organisation and presentation of
evidence and argument. Guidance will be given on scholarly conventions and basic research methods.
(Group D)(Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.standrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforSingleHonoursEnglishandBA(IntlHons)English.
OptionalforJointHonoursEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
Apassinany3000-levelEnglishmodule.
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:5hourspersemester+1consultationhourweekly.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:5hours
Guidedindependentstudy:295hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Dissertation=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJPurdon
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
Teamtaught
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4402SpeechesandSpeechwriting:History,TheoryandPractice
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pmTueand2.00pmFri
Semester:
1
An introduction to speechwriting, involving a survey of the historical tradition of eloquence as an
educational,political,andliterarytool,withanalysisandpracticeofrhetoricalfiguresandstrategies.Rooted
in close reading of speeches from the Renaissance to the present day, the module examines: Classical
modelsandtropes;thevaluesandpracticesofRenaissancespeechmaking;theriseandfallof'rhetoric'in
the18thand19thcenturies;andthepoliticsofgender,race,andclassincontemporaryspeechmakingstyles.
Studentswillwriteanddelivertheirownspeechesonasettopicaspartofthemodule.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourlectures,seminarsandpracticalclasses,and2
optionalconsultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrSJLodge
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrSJLodge
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4403Mediaevalism
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pmand4.00pmTue.
Semester:
2
Thismoduleconsidersliteraryeffortstocontinue,reviveoradapttheMediaevalbyreferencetoarangeof
texts from Spenser to Tolkien. Areas of study will include The Faerie Queene; Eighteenth-century Gothick;
Scott and the Romantics; the Pre-Raphaelites; the Arts and Crafts Movement and its modern followers.
MuchofthebasematerialcanbefoundintheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature,tobesupplemented
byotherliterarytextsandancillarymaterialfromreligion,artandarchitecture.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEoptionalmoduleforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1seminar/lecture,1tutorial/seminar,and2optional
consultativehours.
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCJones
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCJones
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4405ContemporaryPoetryinGreatBritainandIreland
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-5.00pmTue.
Semester:
2
ThismoduleprovidesanintroductiontocontemporaryEnglish-languagepoetrywritteninGreatBritainand
Ireland;examinessomeofitsimportantforebears;andgivesanoverviewofthepresentstateoftheartin
theconstituentnationsoftheUnitedKingdomandintheRepublicofIreland.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourseminars,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
TBC
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
TBC
EN4406ContemporaryBritishFiction
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-12.00noonMonandThu
Semester:
2
ThismoduleisdesignedtoexploretherangeanddiversityofBritishfictionofthelasttwodecades,including
examplesoftheshortstory,andtomeetthechallengeofenteringintodebateinareaswherethereisno
body of settled opinion. Texts selected will vary from year to year. Students will typically examine from
seventonineworks,lookingatboththematicandformalissues.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1xlectureand1seminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJPurdon
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrJPurdon
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4415T.S.Eliot
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmWed
Semester:
2
ThemoduleaimstofamiliarisestudentswiththeCompletePoemsofT.S.Eliot,andwithsomeofhisdrama
and criticism. Building on the study of poetry at sub-honours level, this module is freestanding, though it
contributestothestudyofpoetryandModernistwritingatHonourslevel.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish,sectionIIforBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hoursemina,rand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:44hours
Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrBCarver
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrBCarver
EN4417WritingPoetryandProse
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
3.00pm-5.00pmThu
Semester:
1
Thismoduleoffersinstructionincreativewritingthroughbothreadingandcomposition.Studentswilllearn
to analyse the effectiveness of literary forms critically, and assessment will include submissions of original
creativework.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Anti-requisite(s):
EN4420,EN4500,EN3217
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1seminarand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrOHazzard
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrOHazzard
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4418AmericanPoetrysince1950
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmMon
Semester:
2
ThismoduleprovidesanintroductiontothecontemporarypoetryoftheUnitedStates,examiningsomeof
itsimportantpredecessors,recentpoetictheory,ideasrelatedtoitsregionalpoetries,waysinwhichpoets
reflectandengagewiththecontemporaryworld,andinwhichtheyregardtheirrolesandactivities.Through
aclosestudyofanumberofpoets,asensewillbegainedoftheroleandimportanceofU.S.contemporary
poetryanditsrelationtothebroadertradition.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish,sectionIforB.A.(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1seminarand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
ProfJPBurnside
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
ProfJPBurnside
EN4419AmericanFiction:SelfandNation(1865-1939)
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-4.00pmFri
Semester:
2
ThismoduleprovidesanintroductiontoAmericanfictionpublishedbetweentheendoftheCivilWarand
thestartoftheSecondWorldWar.Themoduleencouragesstudentstoevaluatetherelationshipbetween
historicalevents(includingReconstruction,the'JazzAge',theDepression)andAmericanliterarymovements
and genres including the romance, the realist novel, the 'lost generation' , the Harlem Renaissance and
Southern Gothic. The module is centrally concerned with the conception and representation of American
identityinfiction,andwithheterogeneousdefinitionsof'theAmericannovel'.Thesetopicsareconsidered
inrelationtothehistorical,socialandgeographicalcontextsoftensettexts.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish,sectionIforBA(IntlHons)English
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1seminarand1tutorial,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrJDByatt
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrJDByatt
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English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4420WritingProse
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00amWedand11.00amWed.
Semester:
2
EN4420offersinstructionincreativewritingthroughbothreadingandcomposition.Studentswilllearnto
analyse the effectiveness of literary forms critically, and assessment will include submissions of original
creativework.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Anti-requisite(s):
EN3217,EN4417,EN4500
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1seminarand1workshop,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
MsLGlaister
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4422PoeticLanguage
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00am-1.00pmTue,12noonThu
Semester:
2
This module focuses on the history of thinking about poetic language, primarily in English-language
traditions.Itscorewillbethestudyoftwentieth-andtwentyfirst-centurytheoriesofpoeticlanguage,butit
will draw on theoretical and literary texts from the fourteenth century onwards. Poetic language is a
contestedtopicinvariousestablishedandemergingdisciplines:literarylinguistics,post-structuralisttheory,
philosophyoflanguage,cognitivepoetics,practice-ledresearch.Thismodulewilldrawtogetherthestudyof
poeticlanguagefromthesevariousperspectives,andenablestudentstoapplytheirtheoreticalstudiestoa
widerangeofpoetictexts,andtoappreciatehowthosetextscomplicatetheoreticalwork.Themodulewill
help to bridge the gaps between different ways of studying poetry in the university context - theoretical,
scholarly,creative.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:3weeklyhoursinWeeks1-7;aone-off30min.discussionat
somepointinWeeks8-11,pluscompulsoryattendanceatasymposium(ca.
2.5hours).
Scheduledlearning:24hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:276hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrTJones
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrTJones
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EN4423MaterialCultureinVictorianandModernistFiction
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-4.00pmFri
Semester:
2
This module will use material culture studies as a lens through which to consider the continuities and
ruptures between Victorian and modernist attitudes towards material culture and the ways in which
attitudes towards the material informed the stylistic choices of fiction writers in these periods. Victorian
noveliststypicallyfilledtheirworkswithdetaileddescriptionsofphysicalenvironmentsandobjectsinorder
tocreatethe'solidityofspecification'characteristicofrealistfiction;modernistwritersrejectedthismethod
as'materialist'andsoughtalternativestothesolidityofthetriple-deckernovelsoftheVictorians.However,
this module will question such easy distinctions and consider both differences and continuities between
Victorian and modernist writers' fascination with and suspicion of things. Authors studied may include
ElizabethGaskell,CharlesDickens,ArthurConanDoyle,EMForster,andVirginiaWoolf.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupCOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrCAlt
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrCAlt
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4424NationalistsandNomads:ContemporaryWorldLiterature
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-4.00pmThu
Semester:
2
Inaneraofglobalisationwho'speaks'thenation-state?Howdocommunitiesnegotiatetheirborders?Who
'belongs' and who decides? This module explores the changing nature of the nation-state and cultural
expressions of belonging in the wake of decolonisation, independence, revolution and globalisation.
Exploringadiverserangeoftextsdrawnfromacrosstheglobe,wewillquestionthesignificanceof'world
literature' and its relation to postcolonialism, 'cosmopolitanism' and national literatures. From the Haitian
Revolution,nationaliststrugglesinIndiaandAfrica,stateoppressionanddictatorshipsintheNewWorld,to
globalisation and cosmopolitanism, this module is an opportunity to reflect on the pressures facing our
globalimaginedcommunitiesinthelatetwentieth-andtwenty-first-centuries.
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourseminar,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrLMBurns
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrLMBurns
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EN4425CelticModernisms
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00am-12.00noonTue
Semester:
1
How exclusive a club is modernism? Did Scottish and Irish cultural nationalism inform and trouble
'modernist' writing? And what role did writers from the 'Celtic fringe' of the British archipelago play in
reinvigorating and reconfiguring the literary canon in the period between 1914 and 1939? By analysing a
diverserangeoftextsfromScottish,Irishand(Anglo-)Welshwriters-fromformalaswellassocio-political
perspectives-wewillexplorealternativeviewsoftheModernistperiod:inparticularwewillexaminethe
relationship between the Irish Literary Revival and the Scottish Renaissance, and between the Celtic
peripheryandthemetropolitancentre,andalsothewaysthewritersstudiedturnedtheEnglishlanguage,
anditshierarchiesandtraditions,backonitself.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2x1-hourseminarsand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrPMacKay
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrPMacKay
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4426CivilWarsonPageandScreen
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
2
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm-4.00pmMon,plusfilmviewing2.00pm-5.00pmFri
In this module we shall be looking at literary and cinematic representations of a number of different
instancesofcivilwarfromthetwentiethandtwenty-firstcenturies.Intheprocess,wewillfocusonissues
such as gender, race, class, family and nationhood, politics of memory and commemoration, and the
aestheticsofrepresentingviolence.Wewillexaminethepoliticsofdefinitionofcivilwarsandthinkabout
civilwarsasaconsequenceofcolonialismandpost-colonialnation-building.Questionswewillbeaddressing
include:Whatarethespecificissuesthatareassociatedwithcivilwars?
Is there a particular kind of literature that comes out of civil wars? What role does literature play in our
perceptionsofcivilwars?Howmightithelporhinderpost-civilwarreconciliation?Whatarethedifferences
betweenliteratureofdifferentgenres,andbetweenliteratureandcinema,whenitcomestorepresenting
civilwars?
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourclassand2optionalconsultativehours,and3
optionalhoursoffilmviewing
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Assessmentpattern:
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrARaychaudhuri
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrARaychaudhuri
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EN4430MakingPerformance
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
10.00am-12.00noonFri
Semester:
2
The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen a broad range of radical approaches to the task of
making performance. This module will explore a range of these approaches, which may include physical
theatre, theatres of cruelty, puppetry and mask, psychophysical performance and situationism. Through
practicalworkshops,studentswillexploretheintersectionsoftheoryandpractice,developingtheirskillsas
bothresearchersandmakersofperformance.(GroupE)
Note:Asthisisnotanactingcourse,studentswillnotbegradedontheirperformingabilities,butontheir
understandingofperformancetechniques.
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourpracticalclasses,and2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
Scheduledlearning:22hours
Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=30%,Coursework=70%
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: NewCoursework=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrSHaddow
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
DrSHaddow
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4432PoetryandCinema
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
2.00pm–4.00pmTue,andfilmviewing2.00pm–4.00pmFri(someweeks)
Thismoduleexaminestherelationshipbetweenpoetryandcinemainthelastcentury.Filmisoftentreated
asanarrativeart,yettoanumberofwritersandfilmmakersitispoetry,andnotthenovel,thatiscinema's
closest literary relative. This module considers tendencies and techniques common to both poetry and
cinema,aswellaskeymomentsofcross-fertilisationbetweentheminmovementssuchasSurrealismand
Modernismandthroughthedevelopmentofthe'film-poem'.Theroleof'thepoet'asasubjectofcinema
and analogous treatments of the cinema as a subject for poetry will also be discussed. In exploring the
concept of a 'poetry of cinema' we will pay close attention to the different ways these terms signify over
time, the different uses to which they are put, and to contrasting methods and visions in the various
movements, periods, and works under discussion, as we chart the relationship between this most ancient
andthismostmodernofarts.
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminarand2optionalconsultativehours.
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=40%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=60%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
2-hourWrittenExamination=40%,Coursework=60%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
DrEJones
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EN4500Playwriting
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Academicyear:
2017/8
Plannedtimetable:
11.00amWedand12.00noonWed.
Semester:
1
Contemporary playwriting is flourishing in Britain, and this module will use the best examples of modern
classicplaystounearthtechniqueandskillsthatthestudentswillthenbeaskedtoapply.Themoduleaims
to enable students to write for the theatre, to have an awareness of the creative process and to shape
narrativeintoasceneorscenes.Itisintendedasanintroductiontoplaywriting,andtheexpectationisthat
studentswillhavelittleornopreviousexperienceofplaywriting,althoughakeeninterestandenthusiasm
fortheatreisessential.Theclasseswillcombineanacademicandapracticalapproachtodevelopingwriting:
as well as formally studying the published works of established playwrights, we will also workshop the
students' texts, and approach some exercises through improvisation. The module will also ask students to
considerandevolvetheirviewontheroleoftheplaywrightatasocietylevel,andtheculturalandpolitical
impactofanewplay.(GroupE)
Programmemoduletype: GroupEOptionalforEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
EN2003,EN2004
Anti-requisite(s):
EN3217,EN4417,EN4420
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:2-hourseminarsand2optionalconsultativehours
Assessmentpattern:
AsdefinedbyQAA:
WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
Scheduledlearning:20hours
AsusedbyStAndrews:
Coursework=100%
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Re-Assessmentpattern: 3-hourWrittenExamination=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator:
MrOEmanuelandMSZHarris
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s):
MrOEmanuelandMsZHarris
Guidedindependentstudy:280hours
English-HonoursLevel-2017/8-April2017
EN4794JointDissertation(30cr)
SCOTCATCredits:
30
SCQFLevel10
Semester:
1
Academicyear:
2017/8&2018/9
Availabilityrestrictions:
AvailableonlytostudentsintheSecondyearoftheHonoursProgramme,who
havecompletedtheLetterofAgreement,downloadablefromhttps://www.standrews.ac.uk/coursecatalogue).Nostudentmaydomorethan60creditsin
DissertationorProjectmodules.
Plannedtimetable:
9.00amTue
Thedissertationmustconsistofapproximately10,000wordsofEnglishproseonatopicagreedbetweenthe
studentandtwoappropriatemembersofstaff(whoactassupervisors).Thetopicdoesnothavetorelateto
workcoveredinpreviousHonoursmodules,thoughitmaybehelpfultothestudentifitbuildsonprevious
work. The topic and range of sources should be chosen in consultation with the supervisors in order to
determinethatthestudenthasaccesstosourcesaswellasaclearplanofpreparation.
(Guidelinesforprintingandbindingdissertationscanbefoundat:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforJointorTripleHonoursintheSchoolofEnglish
Pre-requisite(s):
ALetterofAgreement
Anti-requisite(s):
Morethan30creditsinotherdissertation/projectmodules
Learningandteaching
methodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:AsperLetterofAgreement.
Assessmentpattern:
AsusedbyStAndrews:
AsperLetterofAgreement.
Re-Assessmentpattern: AsperLetterofAgreement.
ModuleCo-ordinator:
AsperLetterofAgreement.
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