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- The Success of the Pluralistic National Discourse: From early histories of poesy to modern histories of literature (focussing on developments of the 19th and 20th centuries)
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Revision as of 12:56, 30 August 2007

Course Outline

Session Date Topic Reading Presentation
1 Oct. 23, 2007 Course Outline.
2 Oct. 30, 2007 The Invention of History

- Different views on the periodization of literature.

Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (1733).
3 Nov. 6, 2007 The Rise of Literature I

- What the term literature meant in Defoe's days and how our modern meaning of the word developed.

The Journal Memoirs of Literature (1711).
4 Nov. 13, 2007 The Rise of Literature II

- The complex discourse about literature: literary histories, national philologies and an exchange supported by the media.

Hyppolite Taine's History of English Literature (1865)
5 Nov. 20, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel I

- From Beowulf to Malory's La More Darthur (1485)
6 Nov. 27, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel II

- The Rise of the Novel

Aphra Behn, Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (1684).
7 Dec. 4, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel III

- Dramatic Theory and Theatrical Practice

Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988).
8 Dec. 11, 2007 The Definition of Genres III

- Fiction and the Book Market

9 Dec. 18, 2007 The Satanic Verses (1988)

- Case study of the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel.

10 Jan. 8, 2008 Communication, Literary and Non-Literary - A Recapitulation
11 Jan. 15, 2008 Tutorial Sessions
12 Jan. 22, 2008 Written Test
13 Jan. 29, 2008 Feedback on Test and Look Ahead
14 Feb. 5, 2008 Conclusion: Literature - the Ongoing Open Discussion

Recent Trends in literary theory from poststructuralism to the present.

Recommended Reading

  • Olaf Simons, Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor der Literatur wurde (Amsterdam, 2001) link for a short history of our concept of literature]

Recommended Reading

  • Olaf Simons, Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor der Literatur wurde (Amsterdam, 2001) link for a short history of our concept of literature]
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