Field Study Sample Syllabus

Instructors:  Prof. Thomas C. Tulloss, Prof. Alison Goeller

Course Schedule:

Saturday, 31 May - Meet in breakfast room of Avenue Hotel in Edinburgh
7:00-9:30 pm  Orientation and introductory lecture on Scottish history Tulloss)

Sunday, 1 June-- Edinburgh
9:00-10:30 am--Lecture on early Scots literature (Goeller)
11:00-1:00--Tour and site lectures at  Castle and Esplanade (Tulloss &
guide)
1:00-2:00 pm--Lunch
2:00-4:00 pm--Walking tour of University and town with site lectures
(Tulloss)
4:00-6:00 pm--Free time
6:00-7:00 pm--Dinner
7:00-9:30 pm--Evening lecture on Scottish ballads (Tulloss)

Monday, 2 June- Bus tour to Lochleven, Dunfermline, Stirlingshire &
Linlithgow
8:00 am--Departure by bus for Lochleven and its island castle
9:00-11:00--Tour, boat ride & site lecture on Mary Queen of Scots at
Lochleven
11:30-12:30--Lunch
1:00-2:00--Dunfermline Abbey & Palace
2:30-4:00--Stirling (lecture on site by castle guide)
5:00-6:00 pm--Linlithgow Palace
6:00-7:00 pm--Dinner
7:00-9:30 pm--Evening free for preparation of short stories by individual students

Tuesday, 3 June--In and around Edinburgh
9:00-11:30 am--Lecture on Ramsay, Fergusson and Burns (Goeller)
12:00-1:30 pm-- Lunch
1:30-5:00 pm--Lady Stair's House, St. Giles' High Kirk, Parliament Hall,
and Canongate with site lectures  (Tulloss)
5:00-6:00 pm--Optional Tour (guided) of Holyroodhouse Palace
6:00-7:30 pm--Dinner
8:00 pm - Discussion of short stories by Scott & Hogg (Goeller & Tulloss)

Wednesday, 4 June--Bus tour to Abbotsford (if available)
8:45 am--Depart from Avenue Hotel
10:00-12:00--Tour of Abbotsford (guide's lecture)
12:00-1:00--Lunch at Melrose
1:00-3:00--Tour of Melrose Abbey
3:00-4:00--Tour of Dryburgh Abbey (site lecture by Tulloss)
4:00-6:00--Return by bus to Edinburgh
6:00-7:00--Dinner
7:00-9:30 pm--Optional Concert at Edinburgh Folk Society in the Pleasance

Thursday, 5 June, In and around Edinburgh
9:00-11:00 am-- Student-led discussion of selected Scottish short stories (with Goeller)
11:30-1:30pm-- Walking tour of Charlotte Square, New Town, and Scottish National Gallery with site lectures (Tulloss)
1:30-2:30--Lunch
2:30-5:00 pm--Walking tour of Scott Monument, St. Andrews Church, & Portrait Gallery with site lectures (Tulloss)
5:30-7:00--Dinner
7 pm-- Depart for Ann Hippisley's "Rock View" (St.Andrews)

Friday, 6 June
9 am-- Student-led discussion:"Thrawn Janet" & "Jekyll/Hyde"
10:30 am-- Student-led discussion of Gibbon's "Smeddum"
11:30 am-- Lunch and free time
1 pm-- St. Andrews Castle, Cathedral & University walking tour
4 pm-- Student-led discussion of Violet Jacob's "Debatable Land"
5 pm-- Dinner
7 pm-- Student-led discussion of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
8:30 pm-- Poetry of MacDiarmid & other 20th-century Scots(both profs)

Saturday, 7 June
8 to 10:30 am-- Final examination
10:30 am-- Check out for those not staying extra overnight(20 Pds.)

Texts: Scotland by Tomes
           Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Spark
           Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Stevenson
           Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories, ed. by Dunn
           New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse

Objectives:
1. To understand the important historic events providing for Scotland’s rich cultural, political, military & literary achievements from medieval times to the present.

2. To develop analytical skills in both culture and literature as co-dependent.

3. To appreciate the wonderful folk culture of the Scottish people.

4. To gain appreciation of the heroic figures of Scottish history, literature & the arts.

5. To understand the roles played by St. Andrews, Stirling & Edinburgh in Scotland.

Requirements:
Students are responsible for critically analyzing a story (30%), taking a final exam (30%), writing a paper (30%), and preparing a discussion of one of the fictional works (10%). Lower-level students must write a three-to-five page critical analysis; upper-level students, an
eight-to-ten-page analysis with research including both hard-copy and electronic source materials (at least four sources in total). Topics should be cleared in advance with both professors. Papers are due three weeks after the class is over. In addition, students are to take part in all site-visits, attend lectures and participate in walking tours: BRING SENSIBLE SHOES & RAINCOATS RATHER THAN UMBRELLAS, PLEASE!

Final exam will be essay-format and open-book. Students are strongly encouraged to review the elements of essay-writing before attending and to bring a pocket dictionary of American-style English.

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