Universität Wien

120031 AR Literature Course (interactive) (2010S)

"Quests for Identity - Negotations of Identity": Representations in Theory, Literature and Film from Victorianism to Postmodernism.

1.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für 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).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 19.03. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 26.03. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 16.04. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 23.04. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 30.04. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 07.05. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 14.05. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 21.05. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 28.05. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 04.06. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 11.06. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 18.06. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday 25.06. 16:00 - 17:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course we will start with a consideration of the tradition of the Bildungsroman and the notion of identity and development.
The course will then closely and theoretically focus on changing historical and ideological concepts of identity from Victorianism/Realism to Modernism to Postmodernism. Discussing the respective periods we will practically apply the theories to an analysis of texts (novel, poetry) and films. In regard to the course's title "Quests for Identity" we will trace this issue on multiple levels of analysis: narrative structure, plot, style, representations of concepts of identity (ideological, historical, gender class etc), of development,of the quest itself.

Assessment and permitted materials

oral presentation,
reading of texts, participation in film-screenings
participation in discussions
final essay

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

English

Reading list

VICTORIAN/REALISM:

Charles Dickens. Great Expectations. (1861)

and film-version "Great Expectations" (1998): with Ethan Hake, Robert de Niro, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft

Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.(1891)

and film-adaptation "Tess"(1979) by Roman Polanski with Nastassija Kinski

MODERNISM:

TS Eliot. "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock" (1917)

Woolf Virigina. The Waves. (1931)

and the film "The Hours" (2002)

POSTMODERNISM

Margaret Atwood. Lady Oracle. (1976)

Two films by David Lynch:

"Lost Highway" (1997)

"Mulholland Drive" (2001)

John Krakauer. Into the Wild. (1996)

and the film-adaptation "Into the Wild" (2007) by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344
LI 12-0038, SP-Code 323-325, 323, 324

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