EN4365 Literature and Childhood in the Eighteenth Century

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

9.00 am - 11.00 am Wed

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Module coordinator

Dr S C Manly

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Module Staff

Dr Susan Manly (SM32)

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Module description

This module introduces students to some of the key themes and concerns of literature written for and about children in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries via the study of selected key works by a range of 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 imagining and interpretation of childhood and children's reading. (Group C)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS EN2003 AND PASS EN2004

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, and 2 optional consultative hours

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a broadly based knowledge of the literature of the period studied, gained by reading unabridged primary texts and following up primary reading with critical reading on each author studied;
  • 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 relevant practical and presentational skills.