123045 PS Proseminar Literature (2013S)
London in Literature
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 Th 14.02.2013 00:00 to Tu 19.02.2013 23:59
- Registration is open from Mo 25.02.2013 00:00 to Fr 01.03.2013 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2013 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
18.03.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
08.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
15.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
22.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
29.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
06.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
13.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
27.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
03.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
10.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
17.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
24.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This introductory seminar will look at literary texts dealing with London and explore the ways in which the city has inspired the literary imagination. Apart from discussing the picture of the metropolis as reflected in a variety of genres from different periods of time this course will pay attention to a close reading of and new critical approaches to the individual texts. Special emphasis will be put on the analysis and juxtaposition of the historical and cultural contexts in which they are embedded, thus rounding off a diverse panorama of metropolitan life across the centuries.
Assessment and permitted materials
active class participation, assignments, short presentations, term paper, final written test
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students become familiar with close reading and with critical approaches to literary texts. They have a good command of the skills and techniques required for writing an academic paper.
Examination topics
interactive, small-group and all-class discussion of literary texts, supported by the University of Vienna's eLearning platform Moodle
Reading list
G.B. Shaw: Pygmalion; Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway; The London Scene (extracts); "Kew Gardens"; Katherine Mansfield: "Pictures"; Samuel Pepys: Diary (extracts); Charles Dickens: Sketches by Boz (extracts); poems by Dryden, Blake, Wordsworth and others
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
Code/Modul: Diplom 304, 701, UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33