Universität Wien

120158 PS Interdisziplinärer Kurs (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies (2010W)

Our House: The Representation of Domestic Space

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 11.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 18.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 25.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 08.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 15.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 22.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 29.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 06.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 13.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 10.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 17.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 24.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 31.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course focuses on the representation of domestic space and the various ways in which such representations have figured in a variety of disciplinary, theoretical and artistic contexts. Relevant issues include the 'Big House' of English fiction, the house as a locus of terror, and adolescent engagements with domestic space. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their own experiences of the house, to compare such experiences with a selection of textual representations from various media, and to consider the academic treatment of 'ordinary space'.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

1 x presentation (10 - 15 minutes) in class (30%)

1 x 3,000-word essay (70%)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

After completing the course the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the significance of representations of domestic space in contemporary culture;

2. Show a critical appreciation of the variety of critical contexts within which domestic space is engaged;

3. Analyze a range of texts from various media in terms of the relevant critical debates;

4. Track particular representations of the house across a range of disciplinary, theoretical, critical and artistic traditions;

5. Articulate some of the complex ways in which academic and artistic discourse relates to lived experience.

Prüfungsstoff

1. To introduce domestic space as an important aspect of contemporary culture;

2. To familiarize students with a range of disciplinary traditions which have focused upon domestic space;

3. To explore the representation of domestic space in a variety of cultural genres;

4. To reflect upon the relationship between psychic, social and artistic engagements with the house;

5. To encourage students to reflect upon their own experiences of domestic space;

Literatur

Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space (1958; Boston: Beacon Press, 1994). NB An inexpensive paperback edition of the English translation of this text will be available from the Facultas bookshop on Campus. Students are expected to have read the introduction of Bachelard's study before the course starts.

Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839) in any edition.

Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows (1908; Oxford: Oxford World Classics, 1999)

Robert Altman (dir.), Gosford Park (2001)

Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden (London: Vintage, 1978)

Alexandro Amenábar (dir.), The Others (2001)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: 501, 701, BA13;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0111

Letzte Änderung: Mi 09.09.2020 00:22