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This course focuses on the nineteenth-century Highland diaspora and the literary output of those Gaelic-speakers who settled overseas, considering the types of literature produced, the common themes and pre-occupations which emerged, the adaptation of literary traditions in new social contexts, the views expressed on new homelands, and the peoples and cultures encountered as well as the maintenance of relationships with the 'old world'. While the main focus of the course will be on Canada and the United States it will also draw on the more limited range of Gaelic literature produced in Australia and New Zealand.

2x1hr session per week over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

This is one of the Honours options in Gaelic and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Gaelic, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Source-based exhibition proposal (or similar public history project of students' choice) 1,500 words - 40%

■ 8-minute reflective presentation on exhibition proposal - 20%

■ Essay, 1,500 words - 40%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the written assessments, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

■ A recorded presentation as an alternative to the oral presentation.

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ consider how Gaelic-speaking emigrant communities might be better reflected in public history. 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Explain the salient themes and features of emigrant Gaelic literature from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

■ Discuss some of the most important figures in the emigrant literary canon

■ Compare and contrast the responses of a range of Gaelic poets and writers to their new homelands

■ Outline the ways in which changing relationships between emigrant communities and the Scottish Highlands are represented in emigrant literature

■ Communicate the significance of the canon of emigrant Gaelic literature to non-academic audiences

■ Reflect critically on the presentation of literary texts to non-academic audiences.