Universität Wien

123223 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2012S)

The Aesthetics of Deviation

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

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).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 15.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 22.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 29.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 19.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 26.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 03.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 10.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 24.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 31.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 14.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 21.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Thursday 28.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Art is based on a surplus of order. It establishes networks of sameness and through a heightened use of formal equivalence produces meaning. Patterns and schemata can become stale, however, and may lose their poignancy and aesthetic appeal. This seminar looks at some of the strategies counterbalancing aesthetic patterning, i.e. at deviation, defamiliarisation and ostranenie, and explores their aesthetic and ideological potential.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course aims at a) presenting defamiliarisation as a key aesthetic principle b) teaching a topic-related analytical toolkit c) enabling students to apply their knowledge and skills in their own projects d) alerting students to related issues such as cognitive schema theory, the carnevalesque, liminality, postmodernist aesthetics, stereotyping and social cliché.

Examination topics

eLearning, group work, lecture, audio- and video-excerpts, classroom discussion, student presentation, home study, mini exams, exam, seminar paper

Reading list


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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