This course concentrates on the poetry of the 16th and 17th centuries, with special focus on the poetry of Alexander Scott, Alexander Montgomerie, William Fowler, Mary Queen of Scots and William Drummond of Hawthornden, as well as the drama of David Lindsay. The course continues with an exploration of the 18th-century 'vernacular revival' in Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson and Robert Burns alongside an analysis of the 18th-century Scottish novel, through the example of Tobias Smollett.

10 x 1 hour lectures 3 times per week

9 x 1 hour literature seminars, as scheduled on MyCampus

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Essay (2,000 words) - 60%
Close Reading Exercise (500 words) - 20%

Two x 400-500 word seminar evaluation reports - 10% each

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 essay, but flexible deadlines and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

• There is no alternative to the close reading exercise, but flexible deadlines and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

• There is no alternative to the seminar reports, but flexible deadlines and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

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

This course will provide the opportunity to:

• introduce students to key Scottish texts from the early modern period to the eighteenth century

• enable students to analyse the period's texts, using the appropriate literary and linguistic critical terms

• introduce several key literary concepts that are essential to an understanding of early modern to eighteenth- 

  century Scottish literature

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

■ outline the development of literature in Scotland from c1550 to 1800, and demonstrate an awareness of historical and cultural contexts

■ analyse texts of Scottish ballads and explore the differences between oral and literate cultures

■ evaluate issues of nationality and identity in 18th century Scottish fiction and poetry

■ provide an account of literary genres and their functions in the period

■ use close reading skills in written form, both in wider historical, linguistic and cultural analysis and in individual reflection on seminar discussion