Modern Scots Novel - AAALD006AE

• Title: Modern Scots Novel
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: AAALD006A
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Colin Steele Clark, M.A.
• Class: Exchange - 09.2 General and Comparative Literature

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Andrea Hermanová (31.08.2017)

OBJECTIVES
Dealing with the 20th and 21st Century Scots novel is still a major undertaking .Beginning with the literary
renaissance , we will then consider the Glasgow novel and its generative archetypes. This course seeks to position
many key texts and authors within the context of literary theories which while commonplaces of European literature
are not consistently applied to Scottish texts.

MATERIAL
Some texts which will be under consideration:
James Kelman- The Busconductor Hines
Jeff Torrington-Swing! Hammer, Swing!
Ian Banks- The Bridge/The Wasp Factory
Alan Bissett-Death of a Ladies’ Man
Muriel Spark-Robinson
Alastair Gray-Lanark
Alan Warner-These Demented Lands
Irvine Welsh- Filth/Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs
Emma Tenant-Faustine
Janice Galloway- The trick is to keep breathing
George MacKay Brown- Greenvoe-
John Burnside-The Devil’s Footprints

ASSESSMENT
Requirements:
Two short papers (5-7 pp.) will be required (each counting for 30% of the grade), and there will be a final exam
(25% of the grade). MA students may either do these assignments or opt to write a 15-20 pp. term paper and be
excused from the exam. Attendance at seminars is crucial, as discussion is needed to ensure understanding of the
material, and participation in this discussion will count for 15% of the final grade.
Grading:

Paper 1: 30%
Paper 2: 30%
Final paper: 25%
Discussion: Seminar attendance and participation: 15%