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123423 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2020S)

The Short Story

11.00 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).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

3.6.2020 10-12 Uhr online
9.6.2020 10-12 Uhr online
16.6.2020 10-12 Uhr online
7.7.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder SR5
9.7.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder UR
15.9.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder im BR
17.9.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder im BR
22.9.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder im BR
24.9.2020 10-12 und 13-15 Uhr online oder im BR

  • Wednesday 03.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 09.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Tuesday 16.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Tuesday 07.07. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 07.07. 13:00 - 15:00 Digital
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 09.07. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Thursday 09.07. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 15.09. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Tuesday 15.09. 13:00 - 15:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Thursday 17.09. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Thursday 17.09. 13:00 - 15:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Tuesday 22.09. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Tuesday 22.09. 13:00 - 15:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Thursday 24.09. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Thursday 24.09. 13:00 - 15:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will focus on the short story and its generic conventions (what makes a short story short?, the iceberg theory, the short story vs. the novel etc.); its European prehistory (the novella: Boccaccio, Goethe); its rise in 19th (Irving, Poe, Bierce, Chopin, Perkins Gilman) and 20th (Hemingway and other lost generation writers) century America; the Irish tradition (Joyce); New Zealand (Mansfield); the postmodern (Barth, Coover) and postcolonial (Kureishi) world. As the short story may be thus considered a widespread phenomenon of old and new anglophone literatures outside the British core territory, there remains the question if there is also a distinctly British short story tradition.

Assessment and permitted materials

Term Paper: 50%
Presentation: 25%
Participation / Study Questions: 25%
Covid-19 makes it difficult for us to engage in vivid discussions, so we need to make sure to have an additional assessment criterium as far as your contributions to classroom discussions are concerned: this is the reason why you are kindly requested to send a weekly assignment in which you address and discuss the study questions posted on Moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading scale:
1: 100-91
2: 90-81
3: 80-71
4: 70-60
5: 59-0

Examination topics

there will be no written exam

Reading list

t.b.a. on Moodle

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: BA09.2, 10.2, MA4, MA6, MA7
Lehrinhalt: 12-0388

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