Universität Wien

123046 PS Proseminar Literature / Literary Studies (2016W)

Literary Strolls: Walking in British and Anglophone Literature

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

  • Mittwoch 05.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 12.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 19.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 09.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 16.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 23.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 30.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 07.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 14.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 11.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 18.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Mittwoch 25.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

"I choose to walk at all risks." (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

"Always, everywhere, people have walked, veining the earth with paths, visible and invisible, symmetrical and meandering" (Thomas Clark). How, where and why do we walk? What is the relationship between walking and thinking? Walking and writing? Walking and living?
If the whys and wherefores of walking are multiple and diverse, this ancient practice has always been tied to a specific time, history and culture. We can walk for physical, intellectual or spiritual reasons; we can go on a pilgrimage, hike a mountain, stroll in the city or wander aimlessly. According to Joseph Amato, walking belongs to the history of gesture; it is a language which reveals a great deal about the identity and destinations of the pedestrian, his/her moods and feelings. From the beggar to the flâneur, the canon of Western literature has seamed into fiction a wide range of walks. In this course we will explore the metaphorical, symbolical and allegorical significance of walking and follow the gaits and footsteps of walking characters across different literary genres and contexts.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students will become familiar with basic skills required to analyse and interpret different literary genres (poems, short stories, novels and plays). They will also learn how to write academic papers.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Interactive, small-group and classroom discussions, reading assignments, and close-reading of texts.

Prüfungsstoff

Participants are expected to read all set texts plus the additional secondary/theoretical material provided on the moodle platform; they are also expected to engage in autonomous research, to offer a critical and reflective analysis of texts and concepts.

Literatur

William Wordsworth's 'An Evening Walk' , T.S. Eliot’s 'Rhapsody on a Windy Night'.

Copies of the following books will be available at the bookshop Facultas am Campus: Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway'; Damon Galgut's 'In a Strange Room'; Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33