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EL50B8: THE MAKING OF MIDDLE SCOTS (2017-2018)

Last modified: 26 Feb 2018 15:52


Course Overview

This course will focus on the part Middle Scots poets such as Robert Henryson, Gavin Douglas, William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy play in constructing ideas of a national literary tradition. The course will consider the ways in which these texts articulate changing conceptions of vernaculars and vernacular writing, and their reception in the work of the seventeenth-century poet and collector Allan Ramsay. It will also explore the role of the publishing society founded by Sir Walter Scott, the Bannatyne Club (1823-61).

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Elizabeth Elliott

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will focus on the part Middle Scots poets such as Robert Henryson, Gavin Douglas, William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy play in constructing ideas of a national literary tradition. The course will consider the ways in which these texts articulate changing conceptions of vernaculars and vernacular writing, and their reception in the work of the seventeenth-century poet and collector Allan Ramsay. It will also explore the role of the publishing society founded by Sir Walter Scott, the Bannatyne Club (1823-61): in printing records illustrative of Scotland’s literary past, the Club at once endorses and shapes cultural heritage, and contributes to the preservation of a distinctive Scottish identity in the context of Union. The course will examine the role of medieval texts and medievalism in shaping influential narratives of Scottish literary history, and their ongoing impact upon perceptions of Scottish and British identity. 


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

First attempt: 1 essay of 2500 words (40%), 1 essay of 3500 words (50%), presentation (10%).

Resit: 5,000 word essay (100%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

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Course Learning Outcomes

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