123043 PS PS Literary Studies (2023W)
The Postmodern Condition
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 Mo 11.09.2023 00:00 to Mo 25.09.2023 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
10.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
17.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
24.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
31.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
07.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
14.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
21.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
28.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
05.12.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
12.12.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
09.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
16.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
23.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
30.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In the second half of the 20th century, literature faces a representational crisis. As Woolf, Joyce and other modernists have already explored all kinds of experimental devices between the two world wars, the potential for artistic innovation seems to be exhausted for authors belonging to the next generation. To overcome this dilemma, they either try to become even more radically experimental or to rewrite traditional devices in a playful way. As postmodern art is critically self-conscious, participants of this introductory seminar are expected to be interested in the fields of literature and literary theory (approaches to representation, intertextuality, metafiction). Texts to be prepared: Beckett, Waiting for Godot, Coover, "The Baby Sitter", Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Josipovici, "Mobius the Stripper" and Lodge, Small World. A selection of poems, short plays and theoretical texts will be available at the beginning of the semester.
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 PaperGrading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p
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
David Lodge, The Novelist at the Crossroads and Other Essays on Fiction and Criticism. London 1971.
François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition. A Report on Knowledge. Minnesota, 1984.
François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition. A Report on Knowledge. Minnesota, 1984.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041
Code/Modul: BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041
Last modified: Fr 08.09.2023 12:47