2022-23 MM The Literary Marketplace for MA Students
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- Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
- Course: The Literary Marketplace for MA Students
- Time: Thursday 16-18h, biweekly
- Venue: A6 2-212
- Course Description:
Please, buy and read the following novel:
- Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, London: Doubleday, 2022.
PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to order (and, ideally, immerse yourself in the reading of) the novels. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.
- Course Requirements
- Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of a portfolio, 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.
Contents
Session 1: 27 October
- Judging a Book by Its Cover
- Example: Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry (2022)
===Session 2: 10 November
- Book History 101: From Oral and Manuscript Cultures to the Print, Paperback and Digital Revolutions
Session 3: 24 November
- National Literatures or Global Market? Terms, Concepts and Models of Literary Interaction
Session 4: 8 December
- The Life Cycle of a Book, or Why Size Matters: Big Books and Small Presses
Session 5: 6 January
- Writing Books: The Birth, Death and Function of Authors
Session 6: 19 January
- Marketing Books: Agents, Publishers, Printers, Booksellers
Session 7: 2 February
- Reading and Discussing Books: Professional and Other Readers
Tools
- Handout Literature & Representation
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture and Representation
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media
- Handout Traditions in our discourse about literature
- Handout (Non-)literary texts
- Handout Excerpt
- Handout Style Sheet for Literary and Cultural Studies
Primary Reading
- see above
