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Course Description
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Course Name
Writing and History: Scotland and Empire
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Host University
University of Stirling
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Location
Stirling, Scotland
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Area of Study
English
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Please note: Introductory core modules are aimed at students who have done very little literature.Advanced core modules are for students who have completed introductory modules in their own institutionsover 3 semesters. Students may be admitted to advanced options modules but this will depend on the numberof literature courses they have already completed at their home institution. -
Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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SCQF Credits
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Recommended U.S. Semester Credits5
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units7
Hours & Credits
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Overview
This module sets out to explore issues raised by that defining moment, the Union of the English and the ScottishParliaments in 1707. It examines the pressures that produced some of Scotland?s finest writing in the 18th, 19thand 20th centuries, partly opposed to and partly in step with the concept of ?Great Britain?. The Scottishexperience is compared to that of other cultures whose sense of identity has been shaken by the centralisingdrive of Empire and the confidence of the English language. The module is divided into three segments, the firstof which is called ?Voices from Post-Union Scotland?. Focusing on the period between the Union and the 1832Reform Bill, this segment examines texts that emerge from and engage with a Scotland adjusting to the Unionthat was to underpin the Empire. The second segment, ?Voices from the Imperial Era?, focuses on texts from thelate nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, the high noon of the British Empire. Thissegment examines texts from the period that reflect how different Scottish writers have engaged with issues ofEmpire. The third segment, ?Post-Imperial Voices?, focuses on recent Scottish texts?all dealing with problematicquestions of place and displacement.Please note that this module has limited enrolment.
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