GH4562: THE GAELIC SHORT STORY B (2014-2015)

This course studies the development of shorter prose fiction in Gaelic in the twentieth (and twenty-first) century. It will investigate the importance of the short story and consider its place within the wider Gaelic culture. It will involve reading, analysing and discussing several of the most important Gaelic short stories of the period. Students will also be engaged in directed self-study outside of class, which will involve substantial amounts of additional reading in fields such as the literature of other languages, history, biography, social commentary, philosophy, critical practice and critical theory. Students will extend their understanding of the subject by exploring additional texts (both in Gaelic and in other languages they know) not covered on the syllabus by means of independent research, setting the topics treated in their wider context and synthesizing material from a range of sources.

This course may not be taken as part of a graduating curriculum with its counterpart in the other half of Honours.

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

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1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%); essay (2,500 words) (70%), presentation (20%) and seminar mark (10%).

Students are assessed formatively by means of an ongoing seminar assessment. There is no formal formative assessment of written work in this course, although students do submit seminar papers each week, and verbal feedback is given on these.

Feedback is delivered verbally in class, both to the whole group and to individuals. Summative assessments - the essay and the presentation - receive detailed written comments, which are returned to the students. Students are invited to discuss all comments if required.

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