Universität Wien

123047 PS Proseminar Literature / Literary Studies (2015S)

Fiends, Frauds, and Femmes Fatales: Mid-19th-Century Sensation Literature.

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

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 10.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 17.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 24.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 14.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 21.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 28.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 05.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 12.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 19.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 02.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 09.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 16.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 23.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Dienstag 30.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

When thinking of mid-19th-century British literature, a great number of renowned Realist authors comes to mind: George Eliot, Charles Dickens, The Brontë sisters, etc. However, hardly any student of English literature knows that besides the Realist tradition the mid-19th-century literary landscape of Great Britain was also characterised by another literary tradition, which deviated from the established Realist and moral standards, namely sensation fiction. Dedicated to “Harrowing the Mind, Making the Flesh Creep, Causing the Hair to Stand on End, Giving Shocks to the Nervous System, Destroying Conventional Moralities, and generally Unfitting the Public for the Prosaic Avocations of Life”, sensation fiction could boast of an incredibly large readership since its shocking and transgressive contents appealed to people from the upper and lower classes alike. But although a number of sensation novels rank among the most popular and bestselling novels of the entire 19th century, the genre was often (unjustly) dismissed too lightly as pulp fiction lacking any literary value. Indeed, the genre was only recently rediscovered by literary scholars and attempts at reassessment have been made. Therefore, this introductory seminar intends to make students familiar with a long-neglected genre and thereby show them how diversified the Victorian literary landscape actually was.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Class participation, short oral presentation, short assignments, end-term paper, final written exam

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

In addition to becoming familiar with a variety of texts from the genre of sensation fiction, students will learn how to analyse texts from different genres (poems, plays, novels) from a number of critical perspectives and how to write and structure academic papers. Furthermore, they will be taught how to search for relevant literature and how to quote secondary sources.

Prüfungsstoff

Lecture, group work, class discussions, student presentations, small assignments

Literatur

1) A reader will be available at Copystudio Schwarzspanierstraße
2) "Lady Audley's Secret" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon to be purchased at bookstore Facultas

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