120009 KO Reading Skills BA = Lektürekompetenz (2010S)
The Irish Comic Tradition
Continuous assessment of course work
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Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
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).
- Registration is open from We 10.02.2010 06:00 to We 17.02.2010 23:59
- Registration is open from Sa 20.02.2010 10:00 to Th 04.03.2010 16:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2010 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
11.03.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
18.03.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
25.03.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
15.04.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
22.04.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
29.04.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
06.05.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
20.05.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
27.05.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
10.06.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
17.06.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
24.06.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment: class participation; final exam based on a reading list which includes the texts discussed in class and a personal selection of approximately eight additional texts related to the topic of the course. The final exam subdivides into a written textual knowledge test and a colloquy.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Reading Skills (B.A. level)
Examination topics
Interactive reading skills course
Reading list
Texts to be prepared: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726), Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), John Millington Synge, The Playboy of the Western World (1907), Samuel Beckett, Waiting For Godot (1952/3/4), Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1940/67).
Excerpts from other works by Swift, William Butler Yeats, Laurence Sterne, James Joyce etc. will be provided in electronic format.
Excerpts from other works by Swift, William Butler Yeats, Laurence Sterne, James Joyce etc. will be provided in electronic format.
Association in the course directory
BA 612
LI 12-0190, SP-Code BA11, 701
LI 12-0190, SP-Code BA11, 701
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33
In this course we will take a diachronic look at the Irish Comic Tradition. Discussing texts from the 18th to the 20th century, we will focus on the hybrid pedigree of what at first sight seems to be typically 'Irish': the fusion of the domestic Gaelic heritage of Middle Irish satirical parody (A Vision of Mac Conglinne, 11th ct, anonymous) with foreign source material such as the Hellenistic tradition of the fantastic journey (Lucian, 2nd ct. A.D.), the early modern folk culture of laughter (François Rabelais, 16th ct.), enlightened wit and anti-English satire ('long' 18th ct.). An analytical key will be provided by Mikhail Bakhtin's 'carnivalesque' approach to the grotesque, macabre and the fantastic. Furthermore the semi-colonial status of Ireland dominated by English culture will have to be considered.