Universität Wien

123221 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2011W)

Writing the Emotions: Passion and Obsession in English Fiction and Film

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 14.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 21.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 28.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 04.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 11.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 18.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 25.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 02.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 09.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 16.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 13.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 20.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Freitag 27.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this seminar we will survey descriptions of obsessive love in English literature throughout the ages. We will analyze how excessive emotions are portrayed, what stylistic devices the various writers use to convey them, and how they evaluate such excess of passion. What taboos are confronted in these texts and how do these taboos change in the course of time? How are gender relations conceptualized, and how does society react to emotional excess? What popular myths do romances about never-ending love 'and the world well lost' tap into, and why do such works still fascinate us today?

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

students are expected to write a seminar paper or BA thesis (to be handed in by the end of January), to give an oral presentation in class, to participate in the discussion in class and to write an end-test. All students must read all the texts we will discuss in the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course will give a survey of stories about excessive love and of the attitude towards such passion throughout the ages. A comparison of the stylistic devices used to portray these emotions and of the couples involved in the obsessive love affairs should help us to analyze styles and attitudes towards gender, social conformity and taboos in the course of time.

Prüfungsstoff

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Literatur

The texts discussed will be W. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, E. Haywood: Love in Excess, E. Bronte: Wuthering Heights, H. Rider-Haggard: She, V. Nabokov: Lolita, and the film Fatal Attraction (A. Lyne). The books have been ordered at Facultas bookshop on campus or will be provided in a reader, the DVD will be available in the library.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723, 821, UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0216

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33