SP4224 Reality and Illusion

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr T L L Bergman

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module centres on the study of Don Quijote, by Miguel de Cervantes, and its cultural and literary impact. It aims to provide a sound understanding of important modes of literary expression in Spain and Spanish America following the conflict of reality and illusion across the centuries. The syllabus involves the study of a selection of canonical texts from Spain and Spanish America, with most time spent on Cervantes's novel. The module examines how illusion cuts across literary, psychological and moral facets, including satire, parody, genre-mixing, and future interpretations such as the Romantic view of the novel or twentieth-century rewritings; modern characterisation and character development, and the creation of realistic figures in a fictional reality-based world; and the themes of good, evil, justice, the rights of the individual versus the collective, and the ability of fiction to benefit people or do them harm.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SP2002

Co-requisites

COMPULSORY MODULES FOR SINGLE AND MAJOR SPANISH PROGRAMMES

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 seminar and 1 surgery hour.

Scheduled learning hours

16

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

Guided independent study hours

134

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