Universität Wien

135057 PS Duels and Whispers: Russian Literature and the European Imagination (1800-1855) (2025W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Mi 19.11. 19:30-21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 15.10. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 22.10. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 29.10. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 05.11. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 12.11. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 26.11. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 03.12. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 10.12. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 17.12. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 07.01. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 14.01. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 21.01. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Mittwoch 28.01. 19:30 - 21:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

What turns a letter into a weapon, a glance into an insult, a night into a gunshot?
This course reads Russian writing as a choreography of honour, desire, and rumour, where narrative collides with procedure and “satisfaction” has a price. Pushkin and Lermontov anchor the term; their scenes of challenge and refusal are tested against European rulebooks and mirrors rather than summarised by them. Byron, Constant, Kleist, Hoffmann, and Scott serve as lenses that sharpen form: public pose, epistolary risk, judicial combat, uncanny spectatorship, romance templates.
The arc bends towards two documented nights, 1837 and 1841, when text and world touch and the grammar of honour proves more combustible than any plot. Seminars move through salons, barracks, and courts; readings include letters, duelling codes, memoirs, and canonical texts read side by side. We follow the quarrel until language fires the shot.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Seminar engagement and preparedness
Reading checks
Group presentation

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance and weekly reading are mandatory. Not attending class or not having read the required material will result in a drop of one full grade!
The final grade consists of:
*Seminar engagement and preparedness (30%): regular attendance, active contribution, and clear evidence of careful reading.
*Reading checks (20%): periodic checks confirming completion and understanding of the assigned reading.
*Group presentation (50%): one required group presentation on the week’s seminar theme. The group presents, adds brief biographical and historical context where relevant, provides three discussion questions designed to spark group debate, and moderates the discussion.

There is no final essay and no final exam. The course prioritises sustained weekly reading and discussion in class.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

BA M5

Letzte Änderung: Mo 06.10.2025 13:06