Universität Wien

070127 GR Guided Reading (2017S)

Medieval Survey - Sources, ca 200/300 -1500

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

The course aims to make the students read, write about, and discuss a broad sample of representative medieval European primary sources plus a few secondary analyses. The texts´production dates range from ca. 200 to ca. 1450, thus broadly from the conversion of Rome to Christianity to the end of the Middle Ages. Featured will be classics such as the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, the Song of Roland, and courtly romances.
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Please be timely, the instructor begins immediately at 18:45 with a preview of the following week´s theme and assignment. The Seminarraum Geschichte 1 is located not far from the main library and (even closer) the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung.

Tuesday 07.03. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 14.03. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 21.03. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 28.03. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 04.04. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 25.04. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 02.05. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 09.05. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 16.05. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 23.05. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 30.05. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 13.06. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 20.06. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10
Tuesday 27.06. 18:45 - 20:15 Seminarraum Geschichte 1 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 10

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim is to train students to read and analyze, as opposed to summarize, historical sources and historians´ scholarly writing. There is a short written assignment due well before every meeting of the class (to allow the instructor to bring it back with feedback in class). The American-style in-class discussion, led by the instructor, should introduce students to how to debate and back positions on the basis of the written evidence.

Assessment and permitted materials

Engaged and constructive in-class participation, plus nine 2-page written assignments. It is advised to have taken a medieval history survey lecture or to be taking one concurrently. The instructor teaches one Tuesdays 11:30-13:00 (070110). But he will provide all needed context (very little is in fact needed) ahead of each reading.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Quality of participation and accumulation of points given for the written short papers.

Examination topics

By definition, a GR does not allow final examinations, and should not center on exams.

Reading list

Will be downloadable from Moodle. But I recommend that you buy the Beowulf and the Song of Roland in paperback, in Penguin edition. For the Beowulf, the German Reclam translation can also be used.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte: Mittelalter (4 ECTS)
BA UF GSP: Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung
Diplom UF Geschichte: Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung, Politikgseschichte (4 ECTS) |

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