CO3020 Cultural Memory and Literature

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Dr C Lawson

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module introduces students to theories and examples of the creation of cultural memory in literature. Concepts such as communicative and collective memory will be discussed using three case studies, each exploring a particular ethnic, national or political cultural memory traced through literary and filmic texts as well as archival material and lieux de m?moire. Students will develop skills acquired during the first two years of Comparative Literature by applying a critical, analytical approach to these sources, encouraging them to recognize and interpret shifts, fault lines and conflicts within cultural memory from a trans-national perspective.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

PERMISSION OF THE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE HONOURS ADVISER

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Written Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1.5 hours and 1 surgery hour.

Scheduled learning hours

27

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

Guided independent study hours

123

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