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100089 EU Introductory Course: Creative Writing and Rhetorics (2015W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 10 - Deutsche Philologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Prerequisite competence: Fundamental knwledge of German Orthography

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. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Monday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 (ehem.Übungsraum 3 Germanistik Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 5)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Basics, Creative Writing, first texts
Critical text analysis of Austrian / German Newspapers:
Die Presse, Der Standard, FAZ, NZZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit
Was ist eine Glosse?
Rhetorics
Poetics / Genre Theory
Recordings of own public speeches
Book Reviewing
Scientific Writing

Assessment and permitted materials

The evaluation of your output in this course takes place as an immanent examination and is based on several examination procedures, resp. partial outputs, i.e.:

1. Your presence, due to the fact that this course is classified as a "Übung" (max. permitted absence: 2)
2. Delivering every week one written text (1-2 pages)
3. Delivering a critical analysis of one newspaper article or one free essay (2-3 pages)
4. Capital Text (4-5 pages)
5. Delivering one filmed public speech (max. 5 min)
6. Critical analysis of your own public speech and your speaker's profile (1-2 pages)
7. Test in Rhetorics, Poetics and Genre Theory
8. Book Review (2-3 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objectives of this course are:

1. Optimising your written competence in German (producing texts).
You can self-rate this optimisation by evaluating at the end of the semester whether and if you are able to produce a formally impecable text - either under time pressure or free.

2. Optimising your oral competence (rhetorics).
You can self-rate this optimisation by evaluating at the end of the semester whether and if you are able to produce and utter a formally impecable public speech on a topic ad libitum.

3. Acquiring basic practical knowledge on rhetorics, poetics and literary genres.

Examination topics

Activating teaching methods focussed on immergent learning and understanding processes, leading the students towards an independent ellaboration of topics.

Critical text analysis
Text corrections
Group discussions, Group taksks

Reading list

Your reader containing all necessary texts will be availabe at the Facultas Shop (NIG) at the latest in early October.

Association in the course directory

(I 1113)
Teilnahmevoraussetzung im UF Deutsch Diplom:
StEOP (I 1114 + StEOP LehrerInnenbildung)
Zur Äquivalenzliste geht es hier: http://spl-germanistik.univie.ac.at/uploads/media/Aequivalenzliste_LA_UF_Deutsch.pdf

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