123041 PS Literary Studies / Proseminar Literature (2018W)
Mothers and Daughters: Literary Renderings of a Complex Relationship
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Sa 08.09.2018 00:00 to Tu 18.09.2018 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 10.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 17.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 24.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 31.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 07.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 14.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 21.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 28.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 05.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 12.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 09.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 16.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 23.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Wednesday 30.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Intense emotion and complex human relationships are the stuff that literature is made of. The theme of mothers and daughters provides ample opportunity for exploring the emotional ambivalence often associated with family ties. In this course, we will read narrative fiction, poems and plays by Maya Angelou, George Bernard Shaw, Eavan Boland, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Kathleen Raine, Michèle Roberts, and Virginia Woolf, all of which have a mother-daughter relationship as their central theme. While we will concentrate on acquiring and applying basic interpretative tools and research skills, we will also discuss concepts of identity and theories of gender development.
Assessment and permitted materials
active participation, seminar paper, written exam, small assignments
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
active participation 10%, seminar paper 50%, written exam 20%, small assignments 20%
Examination topics
literary analysis: models & tools, research methodology; gender theory
Reading list
Beauvoir, Simone de. 1949. The Second Sex. London: Vintage Books, 2011.
Hirsch, Marianne. The Mother/Daughter Plot: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1989.
Rich, Adrienne. Of Woman Born. Motherhood as Experience and Institution. London: Virago, 1976.
Segal, Hanna. Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein. New York: Basic, 1964.
Hirsch, Marianne. The Mother/Daughter Plot: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1989.
Rich, Adrienne. Of Woman Born. Motherhood as Experience and Institution. London: Virago, 1976.
Segal, Hanna. Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein. New York: Basic, 1964.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041
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