123043 PS Proseminar Literature (2014S)
Varieties of Requited and Unrequited Love in Anglophone Literature from the Late Middle Ages to the Present.
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 10.02.2014 00:00 to Tu 25.02.2014 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2014 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 11.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 18.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 25.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 01.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 08.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 29.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 06.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 13.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 20.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 27.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 03.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 17.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Tuesday 24.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Requirements:
Regular attendance, active participation in all discussions in class, one presentation per participant (max. 20 mins); a proseminar-paper in English (3,000 words+; to be handed in at the appointed date, ideally one week before the presentation); a final test which requires a thorough knowledge of all the subject-matters dealt with in class during the semester and a detailed knowledge of all of the texts discussed.
Regular attendance, active participation in all discussions in class, one presentation per participant (max. 20 mins); a proseminar-paper in English (3,000 words+; to be handed in at the appointed date, ideally one week before the presentation); a final test which requires a thorough knowledge of all the subject-matters dealt with in class during the semester and a detailed knowledge of all of the texts discussed.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Aims:
To advance students' theoretical and practical skills in the scholarly study and contextualized reading of English literature from different epochs and genres; to develop students` cross-cultural understanding; to develop their ability in writing academic research papers and to enhance their proficiency in spoken and written English as well as their MIT based presentation skills.
To advance students' theoretical and practical skills in the scholarly study and contextualized reading of English literature from different epochs and genres; to develop students` cross-cultural understanding; to develop their ability in writing academic research papers and to enhance their proficiency in spoken and written English as well as their MIT based presentation skills.
Examination topics
Methods:
Interactive, computer-aided teaching with some teacher-centred input in five introductory units; cooperative teaching units with students' presentations (PPT) and forum discussions; use of e-learning platform Moodle.
Interactive, computer-aided teaching with some teacher-centred input in five introductory units; cooperative teaching units with students' presentations (PPT) and forum discussions; use of e-learning platform Moodle.
Reading list
Texts:
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night (students are requested to purchase a copy of their own); a Reader containing the poems and short stories will be issued (details will follow in class and/or by e-mail).
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night (students are requested to purchase a copy of their own); a Reader containing the poems and short stories will be issued (details will follow in class and/or by e-mail).
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33
The proseminar will provide further theoretical knowledge in the study of English literature and furnish students with practical research skills indispensable to writing an academic research paper: notably, they will learn how to use electronic and conventional research tools (electronic databases, conventional bibliographies, reference books) and will be familiarized with the practice of literary analysis and the contextualized reading of works of fiction, poems and plays. Special emphasis will be given to the practical analysis of the study of motifs and their function in literary texts from various genres and literary periods. The texts selected for discussion in class (providing the topics for the PS papers) will focus on the motif of requited and/or unrequited love. The texts proposed for critical analysis include a narrative poem from Chaucer's "The Legend of Good Women" (c. 1386), Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night (c. 1600), poems by Elizabethan, Romantic and Victorian poets, and short stories from the 19th century to the present (including Thomas Hardy, W. Trevor, T.C. Boyle, and contemporary Irish women writers).