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120081 PS Literature: Introductory Seminar (2007W)

Mapping Lives and Regions: Landscapes and Mindscapes

3.50 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

anrechenbar als 701 und K 225. ECTS UF Englisch: 3P

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 17.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 24.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 31.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 07.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 14.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 21.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 28.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 05.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 12.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 09.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 16.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 23.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 30.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course will deal with poems and short fiction, especially from the 19th and 20th centuries, in which primarily U.S.-American and Canadian writers present the formative experiences of individuals which have shaped their lives and given them a sense of identity. These crucial experiences are largely linked and rooted in specific landscapes, often rural, which are recovered and represented in the texts. Requirements: Regular attendance, active participation, and an oral presentation; a research paper (about 3500 words), and a final written test on the texts discussed in class.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class deepens and extends the subject matter of the introductory lectures. It is intended to help students develop a well founded yet independent critical approach to literary texts. Participants are given a thorough grounding in various skills and techniques required for the writing of academic papers: the use of works of reference; the use and evaluation of secondary literature; more about the theory and practice of critical analysis; the correct use of literary terminology. A selection of literary texts forms the basis for this work. On completing the class, students should be in a position to take an active part in the literary seminar.

Examination topics

interactive

Reading list

The participants will use a reader containing, among others, excerpts from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Matthew Arnold, Robert Frost, C. D. G. Roberts, D. H. Lawrence, and T. S. Eliot. Short fiction by Flannery O'Connor and Henry Kreisel will also be studied, as will be William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Association in the course directory

304, 701, K 225

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