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*Scott, Walter. ''Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since''. [1814] Ed. Claire Lamont. Oxford: OUP, 1998/2008.  
 
*Scott, Walter. ''Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since''. [1814] Ed. Claire Lamont. Oxford: OUP, 1998/2008.  
 
*Mantel, Hilary. ''Wolf Hall''. [2009] London: Fourth Estate, 2010.  
 
*Mantel, Hilary. ''Wolf Hall''. [2009] London: Fourth Estate, 2010.  
*as well as one of the following: tba
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*as well as one of the following:  
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:*Dickens, Charles. ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1859)
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:*Graves, Robert. ''I, Claudius'' (1934)
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:*Fowles, John. ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1969)
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:*Barnes, Julian. ''Flaubert's Parrot'' (1984)
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:*Morrison, Toni. ''Beloved'' (1987)
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:*Byatt, A.S. ''Possession'' (1990)
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:*Chevalier, Tracy. ''Remarkable Creatures'' (2009)
  
 
PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop. Should the semester be postponed due to current circumstances, please use the time to immerse yourself in the reading of the first two novels.  
 
PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop. Should the semester be postponed due to current circumstances, please use the time to immerse yourself in the reading of the first two novels.  

Revision as of 15:23, 27 March 2020

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  • Course II: 3.02.141
  • Time: Thursday 10-12h
  • Venue: A01 0-010 b
  • Course Description:

The beginning of this summer term also marks the publication of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror & the Light, the third part in the Wolf Hall trilogy. With these bestselling and critically acclaimed titles, two Booker Prize wins and a world-wide fan base, Mantel has been at the centre of (1) a debate linking current Brexit politics with the English Reformation and (2) a resurgence of the historical novel.

In this course, we will trace the beginnings and developments of the genre (from Waverly [1814] to Wolf Hall [2009]), its reconstructions of historical characters and settings (via a constructivist, New Historicist, postmodernist lense), as well as the scholarly contributions making sense of its appeal (from Lukacs to Borgmeier, Hutcheon, de Groot). Students are required to have read the two main novels and expand their experience with and knowledge of the genre by choosing a third novel (selection below) and studying secondary literature.

Please, buy and read the following novels:

  • Scott, Walter. Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since. [1814] Ed. Claire Lamont. Oxford: OUP, 1998/2008.
  • Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall. [2009] London: Fourth Estate, 2010.
  • as well as one of the following:
  • Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
  • Graves, Robert. I, Claudius (1934)
  • Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969)
  • Barnes, Julian. Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
  • Morrison, Toni. Beloved (1987)
  • Byatt, A.S. Possession (1990)
  • Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures (2009)

PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop. Should the semester be postponed due to current circumstances, please use the time to immerse yourself in the reading of the first two novels.

  • 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), 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 
      *Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: 
       Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten),
       Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis 24. Jan), 
       Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung).


Session 1: 23 April 2020

  • Course syllabus, requirements, etc.
  • Introduction:
  • Primary Literature:

Session 2:

  • Topic: Textual Analysis
  • Primary Literature:
  • Context:
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 3:

  • Topic: Wolf Hall II
  • Primary Literature:
  • Context: History and Theory
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 4:

  • Topic: Wolf Hall III
  • Primary Literature:
  • Context: Genre
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 5:

  • Topic: Textual Analysis
  • Primary Literature: Scott, Waverley
  • Context:
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 6:

  • Topic: Reconstructing Scottish History
  • Primary Literature: Scott, Waverley
  • Context: History and Theory
  • Secondary Reading: Trevor-Roper, Hugh. "The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland." The Invention of Tradition. Eds. Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1st. ed. 1983, repr. 2003. 15-42.

Session 7:

  • Topic: Reconstructing the History of the Historical Novel
  • Primary Literature: Scott, Waverley
  • Context: Genre
  • Secondary Reading: Borgmeier, Raimund. "Das Gattungsmodell: Sir Walter Scott, Waverley (1814)". Eds. Raimund Borgmeier and Bernhard Reitz. Der Historische Roman: 19. Jahrhundert. Heidelberg: Winter, 1984. 39-55.

Session 8:

  • Course Reading:
  • Group Work / Theory and Methods I:

Session 9:

  • Course Reading:
  • Group Work / Theory and Methods I:


Session 10:

  • Topic: [third text]
  • Primary Literature:
  • Context:
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 11:

  • Topic: [third text]
  • Primary Literature:
  • Context:
  • Secondary Reading:

Session 12:

  • Hand in RPOs until Session 12
  • evaluation

Session 13:

  • Final Discussion
  • feedback on evaluation


  [Hand in research papers until 15 September 2020]

Tools

Primary Reading

Secondary Reading

  • will be made available via Stud.IP, cf. also Handapparat

Further Reading

cf. Stud.IP/Dateien

Quotes

Links