Universität Wien

128303 AR Theory (MA) (2017W)

Mikhail Bakhtin - an 'Introduction

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 10.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 17.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 24.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 31.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 07.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 14.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 21.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 28.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 05.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 12.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 09.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 16.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 23.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 30.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This interactive course will offer an introduction to a range of theoretical perspectives and traditions emerging from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, including

the Carnivalesque, Menippean Satire, & the comic tradition of the burlesque
the grotesque body
the Feast of Fools, the Land of Cockayne, & the Land of the Chronotope
Julia Kristeva’s theory of Abjection
the dialogic novel/the dialogic self
polyglossia & heteroglossia

Assessment and permitted materials

short essays and analyses collected in a portfolio
topics to be presented in class
contribution to classroom discussion

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

pass rate: 51%
assessment criteria:
Essay with a focus on theory (1200 or more words) 30%
Essay which applies Bakhtinian theory to literary / cultural analysis (1000 words) 30%
Presentation in class 20%
Discussion 20%
No more than two unexcused absences!

Examination topics

the topics discussed in class

Reading list

t.b.a.

Association in the course directory

Studium: MA 844;
Code/Modul: MA3;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0192

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