127011 KO Critical Readings in Literature (2023S)

Writing the Metropolis: Literary Representations of London

6.00 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 13.02.2023 00:00 to Tu 21.02.2023 12:00
Registration is open from We 01.03.2023 12:00 to We 15.03.2023 12:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Elke Mettinger-Schartmann

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Tuesday
    07.03.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    14.03.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    21.03.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    28.03.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    18.04.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    25.04.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    02.05.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    09.05.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    16.05.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    23.05.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    06.06.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    13.06.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    20.06.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
    
    Tuesday
    27.06.
    10:15 - 11:45
    Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This Critical Readings course will look at the representation of London in (mostly) literary texts and explore the ways in which the city has inspired the literary imagination. We will examine how specific conditions of the metropolis and metropolitan life have been reflected in the literature across the centuries. Emphasis will also be put on the historical and cultural contexts in which the texts are embedded. From a theoretical point of view, concepts such as urban space, the crowd, or the flâneur/flâneuse will be discussed.

Aims:
Students will become familiar with literary texts from different periods of time, deepen their knowledge of terminology, and apply a range of critical and theoretical approaches to narrative fiction and poetry. In addition, they will develop their writing and presentation skills.

Methods:
In-class discussions, reading assignments, oral presentations, group work, written assignments, eLearning

Assessment and permitted materials

Portfolio consisting of individual assignments
oral presentation
active participation in discussions and group work
(max 2 missed sessions)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Portfolio: 45%
oral presentation: 30%
active participation in discussions and group work: 25%

Students have to score at least 60% of each task (and altogether) to pass this course.
Please send the portfolio tasks as .doc files to elke.mettinger-schartmann@univie.ac.at and upload them as .pdf files on Turnitin.

Grading scale:
1: 100-90%
2: 89-80%
3: 79-70%
4: 69-60%
5: 59-0%

Examination topics

Everything covered in class, including all the mandatory texts, presentations, in-class discussions and the portfolio.
There will be no written exam.

Reading list

Primary texts:
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway (to buy)
Zadie Smith: NW (excerpt)
Charles Dickens: Sketches by Boz (excerpt)
Edgar Allan Poe: “The Man of the Crowd”
poems by Dryden, Blake, Wordsworth and others

Theoretical and background reading:
Michel de Certeau: "Walking in the City"
Raymond Williams: "The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism"

All texts (and additional material) will be provided as .pdf files on Moodle at the beginning of term.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA08.3; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3000

Last modified: Fr 10.03.2023 20:08