123043 PS Proseminar Literature (2012S)

Genre in the Hands of Nobel Prize Winners

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

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 Mo 20.02.2012 00:00 to Su 26.02.2012 23:59
Registration is open from We 29.02.2012 00:00 to Su 04.03.2012 23:59
Deregistration possible until Sa 31.03.2012 23:59

Details

max. 24 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Michela Borzaga

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 08.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 15.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 22.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 29.03. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Thursday 19.04. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 26.04. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 03.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 10.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 24.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 31.05. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 14.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Saturday 16.06. 09:00 - 16:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Thursday 21.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Thursday 28.06. 08:30 - 10:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course we will deal with works by Nobel Prize-winning authors. We will read poems by W. B. Yeats, short stories by Nadine Gordimer, a play by Harold Pinter and a memoir/novel by J. M. Coetzee. In 1988, Naguib Mahfouz in his Nobel Prize Lecture said that language is “the real winner”. By reading some of the most memorable Nobel Prize Lectures we will ask ourselves basic questions like: What is literature? What is the difference between ‘Literature’ and writing? How do literary canons emerge? How do writers use the medium of language and genre to negotiate questions of identity, aesthetics, and politics?

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation, written assignments, short oral presentation at mini-conference (15 min.), final test, end-term paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will become familiar with basic skills required to analyse and interpret different literary genres (poems, short stories, novels and plays). They will also learn how to write academic papers.

Examination topics

interactive, small-group and classroom discussions, reading assignments, oral presentations and close-reading of texts.

Reading list

Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming (1973) and J.M. Coetzee’s Youth (2002), both available at the bookshop Facultas am Campus. A reader with extra primary and secondary materials will also be provided at the beginning of the term and will be available for copy in the library.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: Diplom 304, 701, UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040

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