123045 PS Proseminar Literature (2013W)

Literature and History

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 Mo 16.09.2013 00:00 to Su 22.09.2013 23:59
Registration is open from We 25.09.2013 00:00 to We 02.10.2013 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Elke Mettinger-Schartmann

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 07.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 14.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 21.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 28.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 04.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 11.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 18.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 25.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 02.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 09.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 16.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 13.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 20.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 27.01. 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 historical events and will explore the ways in which history has inspired the literary imagination, in which the past is imagined and constructed. Apart from studying a range of texts across a variety of genres and literary periods in relation to history and historicity, we will also focus on the mediation and construction of history by literature. This course will pay attention to a close reading of and new critical approaches to the individual texts, with a special emphasis on the role played by new historicism.

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

William Shakespeare: Richard II; Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities; poems by Milton, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron et al.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040

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