Universität Wien

120081 PS Literature: Proseminar = Introductory Seminar (2010S)

"Writing of Place - Placing the Written"

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

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).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 11.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 18.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 25.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 15.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 22.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 29.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 06.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 20.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 27.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 10.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 17.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 24.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The introductory seminar will investigate the relationships between texts and the spaces they inhabit, move through, and yearn for. The individual and shared imaginaries of space can be investigated on all levels of scale and in various textual categories, from travel journals and poetry to drama, short stories, and novels. We will analyze how British and North American writers have made sense of their surroundings in their texts, and how discourses of nature/region/town/city have evolved and influenced the cultural imaginaries of North America. The proseminar will include texts-some in full, some in excerpts-by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jack London, Sherwood Anderson, Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, and Jack Hodgins, Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun, and poetry ranging from John Donne to Gary Snyder.

Assessment and permitted materials

Class-participation, assignments, short presentation, term paper, final written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Research-based analysis of poetry, drama, and fiction.

Examination topics

Interactive Introductory Seminar

Reading list

A reader with course materials will be provided, the novel Broken Ground by Jack Hodgins will be available at Facultas.

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
LI 12-0106, SP-Code 304, 701 / BA11

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