Universität Wien

127012 KO Critical Readings in Literature (2024S)

Literature and History

6.00 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. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 19.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 09.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 16.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 23.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 30.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 07.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 14.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 21.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 28.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 04.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 11.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 18.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Dienstag 25.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this Critical Readings course we will look at literary texts dealing with historical events or personalities across a variety of genres (history play, historical novel, sonnet, ballad, ode) and literary periods. We will explore the ways in which history has inspired the literary imagination and in which the past has been imagined, mediated and constructed in these texts. Emphasis will also be put on the historical and cultural contexts in which the texts are embedded. From a theoretical point of view, the interface of literature, history and critical theory will be focused on.

Aims:
Students will become familiar with literary texts from different periods of time, deepen their knowledge of terminology and their analytical skills, and apply a range of critical and theoretical approaches to drama, narrative fiction and poetry. In addition, they will develop their writing and presentation skills.

Methods:
In-class discussions, reading assignments, oral presentations, group work, written assignments

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Portfolio consisting of individual assignments
oral presentation
active participation in discussions and group work
(max 2 missed sessions)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Portfolio: 45%
oral presentation: 30%
active participation in discussions and group work: 25%

Students have to reach at least 60% altogether (and 50% of each task) to pass this course and are requested to upload the portfolio tasks as .pdf files onto Turnitin on Moodle.

Grading scale:
1: 100-90%
2: 89-80%
3: 79-70%
4: 69-60%
5: 59-0%

Prüfungsstoff

Everything covered in class, including all the mandatory texts, presentations, in-class discussions and the portfolio.
There will be no written exam.

Literatur

Primary texts:
William Shakespeare, Richard II (available at Facultas am Campus)
Zadie Smith, The Fraud (available at Facultas am Campus)
Poems by Milton, Byron, Coleridge, Scott, Dickinson, Duffy and others

Critical and theoretical reading:
Critical and theoretical texts by LaCapra, White, Lukács, Barthes, Eagleton

All texts (and additional material) will be provided as .pdf files on Moodle at the beginning of term.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA08.3; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3000

Letzte Änderung: Do 22.02.2024 12:06