Universität Wien

141416 SE Ottoman Literatures (2023S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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. 24 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 28.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 18.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 09.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 16.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 23.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 06.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01
  • Tuesday 27.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum Turcica/H UniCampus Hof 1 1F-O1-01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course intends to offer a comprehensive narrative of the cultural activity of varied Armenian communities within the Ottoman Empire and on its borders in the period between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries. In particular, the focus will be on the printing production and tendencies embraced by the Armenians in several main centres of the Ottoman Empire, such as for instance Constantinople, Smirne/Izmir, and Baghesh/Bitlis, and in some peripheral/border zones between the Habsburg and the Ottoman empires, such as for instance the Carpathian and Podolian regions. Venice and Trieste will be also included, insofar as both cities represented two crucial axes in influencing the book production and in circulating printed books among the Armenian communities between the East and Western Europe. Compelling tendencies and characteristics of the printing enterprise, such as the phenomenon of the Armeno-Turkish and Armeno-Kipchak literature, will be examined in relation to questions of ethnic self-consciousness, self-belonging and literacy.

Assessment and permitted materials

Due to the "exam-inclusive" character of the course, there will be no final examination on all the material studied. Instead, active collaboration, homework consisting of small-scale research and the preparation of texts, an oral report with handout, as well as the written seminar paper will serve to evaluate the performance.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

"Exam-inclusive" course (see Art der Leistungskontrolle [Manner of checking the performance])
The readings posted on Moodle are mandatory in order to be able to get a passing grade. Take-home work will involve an article or an essay based on the mandatory readings of the course (texts can be edited in German or English).

Reading list

The bibliography will be provided in the course of the spring semester and will be posted on Moodle. This will includes articles in English, German, and French on Armenian print culture, Armenian Diaspora communities and Enlightenment within the Ottoman and the Habsburg empires and on issues related to the topics treated in each lesson.

Association in the course directory

M5a

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