123221 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2011W)

Writing the Emotions: Passion and Obsession in English Fiction and Film

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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 Fr 16.09.2011 00:00 to Su 25.09.2011 23:59
Registration is open from Th 29.09.2011 14:00 to Tu 04.10.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2011 23:59

Details

max. 18 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Margarete Rubik

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Friday
    14.10.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    21.10.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    28.10.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    04.11.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    11.11.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    18.11.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    25.11.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    02.12.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    09.12.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    16.12.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    13.01.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    20.01.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Friday
    27.01.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this seminar we will survey descriptions of obsessive love in English literature throughout the ages. We will analyze how excessive emotions are portrayed, what stylistic devices the various writers use to convey them, and how they evaluate such excess of passion. What taboos are confronted in these texts and how do these taboos change in the course of time? How are gender relations conceptualized, and how does society react to emotional excess? What popular myths do romances about never-ending love 'and the world well lost' tap into, and why do such works still fascinate us today?

Assessment and permitted materials

students are expected to write a seminar paper or BA thesis (to be handed in by the end of January), to give an oral presentation in class, to participate in the discussion in class and to write an end-test. All students must read all the texts we will discuss in the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course will give a survey of stories about excessive love and of the attitude towards such passion throughout the ages. A comparison of the stylistic devices used to portray these emotions and of the couples involved in the obsessive love affairs should help us to analyze styles and attitudes towards gender, social conformity and taboos in the course of time.

Examination topics

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Reading list

The texts discussed will be W. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, E. Haywood: Love in Excess, E. Bronte: Wuthering Heights, H. Rider-Haggard: She, V. Nabokov: Lolita, and the film Fatal Attraction (A. Lyne). The books have been ordered at Facultas bookshop on campus or will be provided in a reader, the DVD will be available in the library.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723, 821, UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0216

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