2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1
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Course Outline
Session | Date | Topic | Reading | Presentation |
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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, Part 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, Part 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, Part I - From Beowulf to Malory's La More Darthur (1485) |
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6 | Nov. 27, 2007 | Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part 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, Part III - Dramatic Theory and Theatrical Practice |
Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988). | |
8 | Dec. 11, 2007 | Drama, Part I - From the Middle Ages to Shakespeare |
William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1604). | |
9 | Dec. 18, 2007 | Drama, Part II - From the Restoration to the Present. |
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10 | Jan. 8, 2008 | Poetry - Once a broad field comrising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature. |
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11 | Jan. 15, 2008 | Literary Theory, Part I - The development of literature. |
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12 | Jan. 22, 2008 | Written Test | ||
13 | Jan. 29, 2008 | Feedback on Test and Look Ahead | ||
14 | Feb. 5, 2008 | Literary Theory, Part I - The ongoing and open discussion |
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]