130108 PS Literary Cross-Currents (PS): Text and context (2013W)

It is essential for literary scholars to examine texts with the aptest method available. It is the goal of this course, to apply different methods to selected texts and to find out more about their backgrounds, interpretation, historical dimension - in short: their context. Research tasks and class discussion are central to the course; the selection of texts will lead from antiquity to the present, and through different genres, regions, and literatures.