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Veranstaltungsname	Seminar: 10-76-3-D1/WD1-07 Key Topics in Literature: Modernism in Scotland - The Scottish Literary Renaissance
Untertitel
Veranstaltungsnummer	10-76-3-D1/WD1-07
Semester	WiSe 2025/2026
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden	14
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl	35
Heimat-Einrichtung	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp	Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Nächster Termin	Montag, 08.12.2025 12:15 - 13:45, Ort: GW2 B1632
Art/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja
Veranstaltung für ältere Erwachsene	Ja

Lehrende

Dr. Julia Ditter

Räume und Zeiten

GW2 B1632: Montag: 12:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich (10x)
GW2 B2890: Montag: 12:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich (4x)

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

This course explores the Scottish Renaissance, a literary and cultural movement emerging in the first half of the twentieth century and now recognised as the Scottish version of European Modernism. As its name suggests, the aim of the Scottish Renaissance was not so much to “make it new” but instead centred around a cultural revival of Scotland’s literary and cultural identity which was thought to be inherently fragmented and in urgent need of reinvention. In this course, we will look at the different ways through which the Renaissance movement aimed to establish Scotland’s status within the literary world and to create its own distinct modern identity. For this purpose, we will take a look at the poetry, essays and fiction published by Scottish writers such as Hugh MacDiarmid, Nan Shepherd and Lewis Grassic Gibbon. We will consider Scottish modernism in relation to its European counterpart and examine how writers explored literary traditions, which avant-garde strategies they adopted, and how they managed to merge artistic innovation with the exploration of national identity and social change in relation to topics such as gender, subjectivity, cosmopolitanism or trauma.

Please acquire a copy of the following books:
• Shepherd, Nan. 2016. The Weatherhouse. Edinburgh: Canongate.
• Muir, Willa. 1988. Imagined Corners. Edinburgh: Canongate.
• Gibbon, Lewis Grassic. 2020. Sunset Song. Edinburgh: Canongate.

Shorter readings will be provided. Please be aware that this is a reading-intensive course.

Anmeldemodus

Die Auswahl der Teilnehmenden wird nach der Eintragung manuell vorgenommen.

Nutzer/-innen, die sich für diese Veranstaltung eintragen möchten, erhalten nähere Hinweise und können sich dann noch gegen eine Teilnahme entscheiden.

Seminar: 10-76-3-D1/WD1-07 Key Topics in Literature: Modernism in Scotland - The Scottish Literary Renaissance - Details