340071 VO Text and culture 1 English (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft

Moodle

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. 1000 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Antonina Lakner

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 16.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 14.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 11.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Tuesday 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to study the context of text and culture, to assess their interconnectedness, to establish how culture permeates discourse, and forms narration within a culture. It provides an overview on the history and culture of the English-speaking world to assess, in a second step, the phenomenon of collective identity against this background in selected literature.
The focus of this course is on "Britain, Empire and Aftermath".

Assessment and permitted materials

written exam at the end of the semester - classic pen-and-paper exam (no electronic devices allowed)

If you'd like to earn extra credit, you may collect a quote off the wall during our first meeting. You'd then discuss this quote on the Moodle forum. You would earn up to 10 points for this exercise. The maximum score for the exam is 100 points, which means in turn that you may score 10% of your final grade with this bonus task. You'd be required to upload your discussion onto Moodle no later than 1 May, 2024.
If you miss the first meeting, you may write to me and ask for a quote (antonina.lakner@univie.ac.at).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

90-100: very good or 1
80-89: good or 2
70-79: average or 3
60-69: low pass or 4
below 60 is a fail or 5

Examination topics

Lecture, mandatory reading

Reading list

mandatory reading:

Richard Hakluyt. 1584. A Discourse on Western Planting
William Shakespeare. c.1599. Henry V (Crispin Day Speech)
Shashi Tharoor. 2017. Inglorious Empire
Niall Ferguson. 2004. Empire
Enoch Powell. 1968. Rivers of Blood Speech - transcript
John Stuart Mill. 1859. On Liberty
Jonathan Swift. 1729. A Modest Proposal
Rudyard Kipling. 1899. The White Man's Burden
Reni Eddo-Lodge. 2017. Histories. in: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
Sabina Mahfouz. 2017. Wearing Where You're At: Immigration and UK Fashion, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant.
Musa Okwonga. 2016. The Ungrateful Country, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant.
Sarah Sahim. 2016. Perpetuating Casteism, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant.

as well as other shorter texts and excerpts (which will be provided on Moodle)

It is recommended that you begin reading at the beginning of the semester (there is a 3-weeks hiatus between our first class on 12 March and our second on 9 April), or preferably even before that.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 05.11.2024 09:46