420007 SE Literary Cultures of Laughter: Rhetoric, History and Cases in Point (2020S)
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).
- Registration is open from Mo 10.02.2020 09:00 to Mo 02.03.2020 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 09.03.2020 08:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
On Friday 8th of May the Course takes two hours more, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. it takes place in ROM 10.
Friday
27.03.
09:30 - 12:30
Seminarraum ROM 8 (3B-O1-17) UniCampus Hof 8
Friday
08.05.
09:30 - 15:00
Seminarraum ROM 8 (3B-O1-17) UniCampus Hof 8
Friday
05.06.
09:30 - 17:00
Seminarraum ROM 8 (3B-O1-17) UniCampus Hof 8
Friday
19.06.
09:30 - 12:30
Seminarraum ROM 8 (3B-O1-17) UniCampus Hof 8
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
regular active participation (15%)
preparation of individual texts along a catalog of questions (15%)
group presentation with power point and handouts (25%)
final essay (45%)
preparation of individual texts along a catalog of questions (15%)
group presentation with power point and handouts (25%)
final essay (45%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
minimum of 60%
Examination topics
the texts discussed in the seminar
Reading list
will be published on moodle and adapted/enlarged for the working groups
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:22
The course will examine continuities between these epochs, as well as highlight differing functional hypotheses with regard to comical, literature and laughter.
Special attention will be given to the function of rhetorical figures in the production of laughter. These theories are negotiated in textbooks of rhetorics, and poetics but also in texts on psychology. In order to test these various theories, the seminar will, in a second step, investigate selected passages of imaginative humorist literature.
The participants will thereby acquire a profound knowledge about the functions and formal aspects of comical literature and their theoretical basis.
The teachers of this seminar will introduce the topics, and prepare the students for interactive close readings.
During plenary sessions, the students will present and analyze textual examples.