EN2003 Medieval and Renaissance Texts

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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 8

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 available to First Year students.

Planned timetable

4.00 pm

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Module coordinator

Dr G J Pertile

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

In the first half of this module students will learn to read early forms of English language and literature, using specially edited texts from Old English, Middle English and Older Scots. In the other half of the module students will encounter and gain a critical understanding of Renaissance verse, via the study of John Donne's poems and Milton's Paradise Lost.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

NO PRE-REQUISITES WHEN TAKEN AS A 'STAND ALONE' MODULE, BUT EN2003 IS NOT AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures and 1 tutorial, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours

40

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

Guided independent study hours

160

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a broadly based knowledge of the set texts gained by reading unabridged primary texts in the original language and following up primary reading with critical reading on each author studied.
  • Present an informed discussion of these texts in the light of contextual evidence such as social, political and wider historical developments. This skill is developed during tutorial presentations and tested by assessed essays and examination.
  • Analyse the literary and linguistic techniques and structures of the set texts and base critical interpretations on this analysis.
  • Display a range of relevant practical and presentational skills, both written and oral (oral skills will be practised in group discussions and individual presentations; written skills will be practised and tested by means of essays and semester examinations).