Universität Wien

123043 PS PS Literary Studies (2023S)

The Rise of the Novel

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

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 10.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 17.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 24.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 31.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 21.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 28.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 05.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 12.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 19.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 26.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 02.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 09.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 16.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 23.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Friday 30.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will focus on the rise of the middle classes in the 18th century. Whereas the early modern period is dominated by aristocratic culture represented by drama, the 18th century is shaped by middle-class culture represented by the emerging genre of the novel.
Although our main focus will be on the rise of the novel (which may be subdivided into the Puritan, the mock-Puritan, and the sentimental tradition), we will also look at related literary traditions such as the (mock-)epic and the mock-heroic.
Furthermore we will discuss samples of 18th ct. drama, satire, and poetry.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular Attendance, Classroom Discussion 10%, Oral Presentation 20%, Final Test 20%, Term Paper 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students have to fulfil all course requirements (each with at least 50%) and to score at least 60 points altogether to pass this course.10 Points (Maximum) Classroom Discussion, 20 Points (Maximum) Oral Presentation, 20 Points (Maximum) Final Test, 50 Points (Maximum) Term Paper

Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p

Examination topics

The texts and topics dealt with in class.

Reading list

Primary Sources:
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe; Swift, Gulliver's Travels; Richardson, Pamela (excerpts); Fielding, Joseph Andrews; Sterne, Tristram Shandy (excerpts), and a selection of shorter texts.

Secondary Sources:
Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel. University of California Press: Berkeley, 1957.
Dieter Fuchs, Elizabethan Revenge Drama: Cultural Representations, Signifying Practices, and the Rise of Protestant Middle-Class Discourse: Rewritings of the Hamlet-Pattern of the Dispossessed Son. Trier: WVT, 2022. (excerpts)

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Last modified: Fr 10.03.2023 19:28