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120118 SE Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Thesis (2009W)
Only time will tell: Writing time in 20th century literature
Continuous assessment of course work
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Presentations will be given during a seminar conference on Friday November 27th afternoon, and all day Saturday November 28th 2009, concurrently with Prof. Ritt's seminar. Full participation in the conference is mandatory, so please bear this in mind when registering for the course.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 Tu 15.09.2009 14:00 to Mo 28.09.2009 14:00
- Registration is open from Fr 02.10.2009 14:00 to Th 08.10.2009 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2009 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 14.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 21.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 28.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 04.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 11.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 18.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 25.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 02.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 09.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 16.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 13.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 20.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 27.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this class we will look at the way time has been manipulated and bent in fictional texts from the 20th and 21st centuries. Often seen as a characteristic of science fiction, alternative timelines, time travel or reverse chronology has also been used in texts that do not otherwise fit the categorisation. We will be looking at the ur-tale of time travel, H.G. Wells's The Time Machine (1895), as well as more contemporary fictional examples in which time is manipulated so it goes counter to our more conventional experiences of temporality. We will analyse in how far these texts follow political aims and how language needs to be stretched and bent to account for an experience which it is not conventionally expected to represent. We will be looking at the phenomenon of time from a variety of disciplinary perspectives: cognitive poetics, narratology, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, as well as models of time from areas such as psychology, philosophy and mathematics.
Assessment and permitted materials
Seminar paper, presentation, participation in class, research tasks
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- Students will explore the literature available on time in fiction and apply that to selected texts
- Students will be encouraged to investigate broadly into the notion of time and resort to models taken from the natural sciences or philosophy
- Students will combine cognitive stylistic methodology with more contextual approaches to literature to see in how far the poetics and politics of time interrelate.
- Building on their prior experience with literary and cultural research, students will produce an academic paper and share/defend their views in a presentation and discussion with their peers
- Students will be encouraged to investigate broadly into the notion of time and resort to models taken from the natural sciences or philosophy
- Students will combine cognitive stylistic methodology with more contextual approaches to literature to see in how far the poetics and politics of time interrelate.
- Building on their prior experience with literary and cultural research, students will produce an academic paper and share/defend their views in a presentation and discussion with their peers
Examination topics
Research-based discussion class
Reading list
H.G.Wells, The Time Machine.Students can select one of the following texts to write their papers on:
Amis, Martin. Time's Arrow. 1991.
Butler, Octavia. Kindred. 1979.
Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler's Wife. 2003.
Winterson, Jeannette. The Stone Gods. 2007.Additional material (articles, short stories, poems etc.) will be made available on the e-learning platform.
Amis, Martin. Time's Arrow. 1991.
Butler, Octavia. Kindred. 1979.
Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler's Wife. 2003.
Winterson, Jeannette. The Stone Gods. 2007.Additional material (articles, short stories, poems etc.) will be made available on the e-learning platform.
Association in the course directory
Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
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