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Walter Scott’s first novel Waverley (1814) sold more copies than all other
novels published in that year put together. As a result he has become
Scotland’s most significant writer of fiction and has played a pivotal role in
the development of the novel both in English and internationally. This course will
consider Scott in all his contexts; as editor, poet, collector and writer of
fiction and within the wider sphere of literature in the Romantic period. While
Scott will be the main focus, his work will be considered
alongside authors such as James Hogg, John Galt, Jane Austen and Byron.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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When it appeared in 1814 Walter Scott’s first novel Waverley sold more copies than all other novels published in that year put together. As a result he has become Scotland’s most significant writer of fiction and has played a pivotal role in the development of the novel both in English and internationally; as Stendhal noted, for many European novelists he was ‘notre pere’. This course will consider Scott in all his contexts; as an editor, poet, collector and writer of fiction and within the wider sphere of literature in the Romantic period. While Scott will be the main focus of this course his work will be considered alongside authors such as James Hogg, John Galt, Jane Austen and Byron. It will also be situated in the contexts of the Enlightenment and developing interests in historiography and antiquarianism. This course will be supported by the work of the Walter Scott Research Centre (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sll/research/walter-scott-research-centre-216.php)
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: 1 x 2500 word essay (40%), 1 x 3500 word essay
(50%), 1 x presentation (10%)
Resit: 1 x 5000 word essay (100%)
There are no assessments for this course.
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