Universität Wien

123044 PS Literary Studies / Proseminar Literature (2020W)

SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - Juvenilia and Quests for Identity in Literary Representations of Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, & Postmodernism

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

in preparation
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

ON-SITE = PRÄSENZLEHRE
The course works with moodle & online-material, so also possible for students who cannot attend class due to Covid 19- at risk status.

  • Donnerstag 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Donnerstag 15.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 22.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 29.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 05.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 12.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 21.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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  • Donnerstag 28.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hybride Lehre
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Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

“Juvenilia” is often taken as a synonym for “immaturity” or used as a term to describe “an artistic work produced in author's youth”. In this course, we will explore the far more complex role “juvenilia” plays as a major theme in literary representation. Considering texts from different genres and eras, we will investigate how the representation of juvenilia is defined by narrative perspective, structure (e.g. retrospection and immediacy) and how point of view shapes the approach of the protagonists towards coming-of-age, social (dis-)integration in the adult-world, or idealisations of youth.
Another major focus will be put on on changing socio-historical and ideological concepts of identity from Romanticism to Victorianism to Modernism to Postmodernism and its influence on the representation of juvenilia and quests for identity. In this context we will discuss how these quests are represented and constructed in view of various literary theoretical contexts .We will consider topic by tracing meanings of the "Bildungsroman" (coming-of-age novel), "Bildungsgedicht", "Female Bildungsroman" and transformations and adaptations in various contexts.
Students will be introduced to various genres, literary & cultural analysis and conception of a literary paper.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

In On-Site Status:
Regular Attendance
Classroom Discussion / Reflections 20%
Oral Presentation 30%
Term Paper 50%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

See above

Prüfungsstoff

NO final exam but:
final written paper (students can choose a topic related to class)

Literatur

Tentative List of Texts, Films (may be shortened a bit)
Wordsworth, William. “Tintern Abbey”. (1798)
Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. (1848)
Woolf, Virginia. The Waves. (1931) OR Orlando (1928)
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. (1949);
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. (1951)
Williams, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. (1959)
Plath, Sylvia. “Daddy” (1962)
del Toro, Gulliermo. Pan's Labyrinth. (2006).
Zeitlin & Alibar. Beasts of the Southern Wild. (2012)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16