2018-19 AM Excavation Sites: Archaeology in/and Literature from Ozymandias to Ondaatje

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  • NEW Time: Thu, 8-10am
  • NEW Venue: xxx
  • Course: 3.02.151
  • Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
  • Modul: ang615 Motifs - Themes - Issues (and their Media)
  • Course Description:

In this seminar, we will explore the intersections between archaeology and literature with a focus on the young science's representation in works of fiction and poetry from the early 19C until today. We will read poems by P.B. Shelley, D.G. Rossetti, and Thomas Hardy; excerpts from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Barry Unsworth's historical fiction, and Deborah Levy's short fiction; as well as longer narrative texts by H. Rider Haggard, Agatha Christie, and Michael Ondaatje. Topics will include archaeological sites home & abroad, archaeology & empire, archaeology & gender, archaeology & mystery, archaeology as a metaphor (e.g. excavating deep psychological structures), amateur vs. professional archaeology, and the archaeologist as a fictional character.

Please, buy and read the following novels:

  • H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines. 1885. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2016. [978-0198722953]
  • Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia. 1936. London: HarperCollins, 2016. [978-0008164874]
  • Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost. 2000. London: Vintage, 2011. [978-0099554455]

PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop.

  • Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP. There will be a Handapparat in our library.
  • Course Requirements
  • Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), with based on the topic of the seminar.
  • As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation:
    Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten
    - regelmäßige Anwesenheit: max. 3 Abwesenheiten und gegebenenfalls Nacharbeit
    - Vor- und Nachbereitung des Seminarstoffs (Expertengruppen, Vorbereitung/Lektüre von Texten) 
    - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch:
      *Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und 
      *(falls HA schriftlich, falls P+Ausarbeitung mündlich als Teil der Präsentation)
       Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: 
       Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten),
       Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis xx), 
       Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung).


Session 1: 18.10.2018

  • Course syllabus, requirements, etc.
  • Introduction

Session 2: 25.10.2018

  • 19C Poetry: Shelley, "Ozymandias"

Session 3: 01.11.2018

  • 19C Poetry: Wilde, "Sphinx"

Session 4: 08.11.2018

  • 19C Poetry: Rossetti, Hardy, etc.

Session 5: 15.11.2018

  • Theory and Methods I: JLS issue

Session 6: 22.11.2018

  • 19C Fiction: Haggard

Session 7: 29.11.2018

  • 19C Fiction: Haggard

Session 8: 06.12.2018

  • Theory and Methods II: Modernism/modernity issue

Session 9: 13.12.2018

  • 20C Fiction: Agatha Christie

Session 10: 20.12.2018

  • 20C Fiction: Agatha Christie

Session 11: 10.01.2019

  • 20C Fiction: Michael Ondaatje

Session 12: 17.01.2019

  • 20C Fiction: Michael Ondaatje

Session 13: 24.01.2019

  • Final Discussion
  • evaluation
  [Hand in RPOs until xx at the latest]

Session 14: 31.01.2019

  • discussion of RPOs
  • feedback on evaluation
  [Hand in research papers until 15 March]

Materials

  • cf. three novels above
  • additional primary material:
    • Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles [1891]. Oxford World's Classics, 2008. [978-0199537051]
    • Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels. London: Windmill, 2009. [978-0099534549]
    • Deborah Levy, Black Vodka. Bucks: And Other Stories, 2013. [978-1908276162]

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Further Reading

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