123425 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2015W)

High Modernism

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 We 16.09.2015 00:00 to Mo 21.09.2015 23:59
Registration is open from We 30.09.2015 00:00 to Su 04.10.2015 23:59
Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2015 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Dieter Fuchs

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 12.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 19.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 09.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 16.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 23.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 30.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 07.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 14.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 11.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 18.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Monday 25.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar focuses on High Modernist literature: i.e. on highly experimental texts which emerged in the inter-war period between 1918 & 1939. As many High Modernist authors such as T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald worked on both sides of the Atlantic, this course focuses on English and American Studies respectively. Other (non-transatlantic) High Modernists to be looked at include Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.
The rewriting of ancient mythology as an ordering device for an increasingly chaotic and war-struck present (known as ‘mythical method’) will be a central aspect to be looked at in this course. As Modernist art is notoriously experimental if not to say ‘difficult’, genuine interest in ‘writerly’ rather than ‘readerly’ texts is essential for participation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Student presentation; participation in class; academic term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

General and specialist knowledge in the field of High Modernism. Text- & context-based approaches to the study of literature and culture. Presentation skills. Academic research and writing skills.

Examination topics

Interactive debate & presentation. Textual & cultural analysis. Individual research & academic writing.

Reading list

Hemingway, "A Very Short Story", "Old Man at the Bridge", "Che ti dice La Patria?"
Fitzgerald, "The Ice Palace", The Great Gatsby
Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Eliot, "The Waste Land"
Joyce, "The Sisters", "The Dead"; From Ulysses: the Hades-Episode
Poetry: t.b.a.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0406

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