Summary

94 modules found

  2. EN1003 - Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    11.00 am
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr G P Tate

    In this module students are introduced to a range of texts, in prose and verse, from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasis is laid upon (i) close reading; (ii) the…

  3. EN1004 - Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    11.00 am
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr A L Davis

    This module introduces a range of works from the period 1680-1830. Looking at travel, colonialism, and different constructions of man's natural estate in the early eighteenth…

  4. EN1901 - Reading English

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    Thu 6.30 - 9.00 pm
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%

    In this module students are introduced to a small number of texts, in prose and verse, from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasis is laid on (i) practical criticism,…

  5. EN2003 - Medieval and Renaissance Texts

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    4.00 pm
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr G J Pertile

    In the first half of this module students will learn to read early forms of English language and literature, using specially edited texts from Old English, Middle English and…

  6. EN2004 - Drama: Reading and Performance

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    4.00 pm
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr A L Williams

    This module is designed to provide an introduction to a small number of representative plays from the Renaissance period to the twentieth century. Special emphasis will be laid…

  7. EN2902 - Writing Scotland: Creative and Critical Approaches

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    Lecture: Thu 6.30pm Tutorial: Thu 7.30 - 9.00pm
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr H A R Archer

    What is Scotland? How does a nation take shape on paper, and who gets to decide which aspects will take hold in the cultural imagination? In this module we will explore the ways…

  8. EN3114 - Reading Old English

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    Tuesday 3-5
    Assessment
    Exam = 50% Coursework = 50% consisting of 2 x Class Tests
    Coordinator
    Dr C Rauer

    Reading Old English is a language-based module which takes the student through the basic knowledge of grammar and syntax required to read and understand Old English in the…

  9. EN3116 - The Mystery of Love: Sacred and Secular Themes in Late Medieval English Literature

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    Monday 1-3
    Assessment
    Coursework - 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr R S Rohrhofer

    This module introduces students to the nuanced ways in which late medieval texts expressed and negotiated the emotion of love in all its complexity. How did authors imagine,…

  10. EN3141 - Tragedy in the Age of Shakespeare

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    Monday and Tuesday 2pm
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr H A R Archer

    Students in this module will study the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and acquire knowledge of contemporary critical approaches to the subject. They will consider how …

  11. EN3162 - Revolution and Romanticism: Literature, History and Society (1789-1805)

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    11.00 am Tue and 10.00 am Thu
    Assessment
    2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Prof N H Roe

    The module offers students a wide-ranging introduction to the varied and stimulating literature of the 1790s. It will also present students with an opportunity to read some of the …