Universität Wien

135810 SE MA-SE: Fictitious Artists, Fictitious Writers in Literary Fiction (2024W)

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
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).

Details

max. 16 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 17.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 31.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 07.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 21.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 28.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 05.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 12.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 09.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 16.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 23.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 30.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Stories about invented artists, musicians and, of course, authors are an extremely popular constant in world literature. Naturally, because in the latter case a kind of self-thematisation in the sense of aesthetic meta-reference takes place. There are thousands of literary texts in which fictional characters create fictional works, mostly, but not only, in narrative. W.H. Wackenroder, "Josef Berglinger", E.T.A. Hoffmann, "Die Jesuiterkirche in G.", H. de Balzac, "Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu", H. Murger, "Scènes de la vie de Bohème", M. Aub, "Jusep Torres Campalans", Th. Mann, "Doktor Faustus", V. Nabokov, "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight", M. Proust, "A la recherche du temps perdu", H. James, "The Aspern Papers", A. Byatt, "Possession", W. Busch, "Maler Klecksel" and "Balduin Bählamm", G. Keller, "Der grüne Heinrich", J.L. Borges, "Untersuchung des Werks von Herbert Quain" and many, many others. You will therefore have ample opportunity to bring your own reading preferences into play. The aim of the seminar is to systematise the procedures, intentions and functions of fictional characters with aesthetic productivity and, of course, to classify the main texts in the respective work contexts and epochs.

Assessment and permitted materials

The exact coordination of session topics takes place after an initial overview of registrations. I have recently had good experiences with short (!) impulse contributions that comprised exactly 10 ppt slides in exactly 10 minutes. This could also be a model for this seminar.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance in accordance with study regulations, participation, writing exercises if necessary, presentation, written term paper.

Examination topics

Die Benotung erfolgt auf der Basis der Mitarbeit, eventueller Schreibübungen, der begleitenden Kurzpräsentation und schließlich einer schriftlichen Hausarbeit von 20-25 Seiten.

Reading list

Eine Übersicht Arbeitsgebiete erfolgt in der 1. Sitzung, begleitet von einer Einführung in die wichtigste Fachliteratur.

Association in the course directory

MA M1

Last modified: Th 03.10.2024 06:46