GH4567: The Gaelic Poetry Renaissance A and B

GH4567: THE GAELIC POETRY RENAISSANCE A AND B (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46

Course Overview

A course on Gaelic poetry post-1950 looking at some of the following themes: modern Gaelic identity, exile (and existentialism), Scottish nationalism, biculturalism, love and sexuality, and faith. Poets who will be studied inlcude: Derick Thomson, Iain Crichton Smith, Christopher Whyte, Myles Campbell and Meg Bateman.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	4
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor M Macleod

Qualification Prerequisites

Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Gaelic (GH) (Studied)
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

GH3567 The Gaelic Poetry Renaissance a and B (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course will involve one two-hour seminar per week of reading, analysing and discussing set texts. Students will be engaged in directed self-study out of the class which will involve substantial amounts of additional reading, such as: further poetry, literary criticism, social commentary etc.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	20
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Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Seminar Assessment

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	10
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Learning Outcomes

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Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	70
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Feedback is communicated verbally each week and in writing when summative assessments have been submitted. Feedback is always directed, and students are always invited to discuss written feedback.	Word Count	2500

Learning Outcomes

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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
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Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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