120020 SE Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit (2009S)
The Campus Novel
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
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 Mo 16.02.2009 14:00 to Mo 23.02.2009 09:00
- Registration is open from We 25.02.2009 14:00 to We 04.03.2009 23:59
- Registration is open from Fr 06.03.2009 12:30 to Tu 10.03.2009 13:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2009 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
19.03.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
26.03.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
02.04.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
23.04.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
30.04.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
07.05.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
14.05.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
28.05.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
04.06.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
18.06.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday
25.06.
14:00 - 16:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this course we will explore a major genre of post-second world war Anglophone literature, that of the university or campus novel, which has enjoyed considerable popularity. We will trace its history from the beginnings in the late forties and early fifties to its heyday in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century. The focus of the analysis of four representative campus novels (one American and three English) will be on the aesthetics of the genre, narratological aspects, thematic issues and the comic devices employed to satirise the world of academia.
Assessment and permitted materials
regular attendance, oral presentation, active participation in discussions in class, research paper, final essay.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Introduction to a genre which flourished almost exclusively in the U.S. and in Britain. Although campus novels, by definition, are mainly set in colleges or universities and are primarily concerned with the lives of university teachers, they also mirror the world at large, which makes them ideal texts to study social, political and cultural phenomena in various periods and contexts of the Anglophone world.
Examination topics
Introduction to narratology; students's presentations of selected topics, class discussion.
Reading list
Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim (1954), Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin (1955), Malcolm Bradbury, The History Man (1975), David Lodge, Small World (1984)
Association in the course directory
322, 821, 722, 1121
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