123045 PS Proseminar Literature (2013S)

London in Literature

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

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

Elke Mettinger-Schartmann

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
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

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