130066 PS Social History of Literature (PS): Postcolonial Con-Texts (2013S)
Writing Back to the Canon
Continuous assessment of course work
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Die persönliche Anmeldung zu der LV findet am Do, 21.2. von 15 bis 19 Uhr, am Fr. 22.2. von 9 bis 13 Uhr, am Mo, 25.2. von 9 bis 13 Uhr und am Di, 26.2. von 15 bis 19 Uhr bei der Studienrichtungsvertretung im 1. Stock, Sensengasse 3a statt.
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max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 05.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 12.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 19.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 09.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 16.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 23.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 30.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 07.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 14.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 28.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 04.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 11.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 18.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Tuesday 25.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation (20 %), oral presentation (20 %), argumentation essay, 10 -12 pages (60 %)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
* identify, analyse and understand key philosophical, historical, social and aesthetic issues of postcolonial literature
* analyse key postcolonial works in terms of their social, historical, philosophical, and aesthetic significance
* apply close reading skills to a variety of literary texts
* reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts
* discriminate between ideas and and justify personal positions
* produce well-structured, relevant arguments with an appropriate intellectual framework
* analyse key postcolonial works in terms of their social, historical, philosophical, and aesthetic significance
* apply close reading skills to a variety of literary texts
* reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts
* discriminate between ideas and and justify personal positions
* produce well-structured, relevant arguments with an appropriate intellectual framework
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
BA M5
Last modified: Th 04.07.2024 00:12
Over the last 20 years, the study of postcolonial rewritings of the English canon has attracted considerable attention. This course will focus on the most famous examples, attempting to survey some of the distinctive characteristics of such writing.