120010 PS Literature: Proseminar = Introductory Seminar (2011S)
Things are getting meta: postmodernism and self-conscious fiction
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Mo 07.02.2011 00:00 to Su 20.02.2011 23:59
- Registration is open from We 23.02.2011 00:00 to Tu 01.03.2011 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2011 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 10.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 17.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
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Thursday
24.03.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A - Thursday 31.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 07.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 14.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 05.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 12.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 19.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 26.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 09.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 16.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Thursday 30.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Metafiction plays with narrative conventions and questions the possibility of representation, uses language self-consciously and tears down the very boundaries between fact and fiction.In this course, we will explore the theory and development of “meta” elements in poetry, prose, drama and cinema. Our focus will be on self-consciousness in Romanticism, the Beat Generation and postmodernism.
Assessment and permitted materials
active class participation, homework assignments, presentation, term paper, final written test
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will practice literary analysis, improve their research techniques and academic writing skills, and familiarize themselves with metafictional works and theories.
Examination topics
classroom discussions, presentations, e-learning
Reading list
Barthelme, Donald. Snow White. 1965. New York: Scribner, 1996.
Ginsberg, Allen. Howl and Other Poems. 1956. San Francisco: City Lights, 2001.
(Facultas am Campus has copies in store).A reader with further primary and secondary literature is available at Copy Studio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10).
Ginsberg, Allen. Howl and Other Poems. 1956. San Francisco: City Lights, 2001.
(Facultas am Campus has copies in store).A reader with further primary and secondary literature is available at Copy Studio (Schwarzspanierstraße 10).
Association in the course directory
Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: 304, 701, BA11;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0106
Code/Modul: 304, 701, BA11;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0106
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