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==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
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*Adams, Thomas R., and Nicolas Barker. “A New Model for the Study of the Book.” ''A Potencie of Life: Books in Society. The Clark Lectures, 1986-1987''. Ed. Nicolas Barker. British Library Studies in the History of the Book. London: British Library, 1993. Print.
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*Auguscik, A. "Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". ''Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft''. Eds. Philipp Theisohn and Christine Weder. Paderborn: Fink, 2013. 97-112.
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*Auguscik, Anna. ''Prizing Debate: The Fourth Decade of the Booker Prize and the Contemporary Novel in the UK''. Bielefeld: transcript, 2017.
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*Barthes, Roland. "The Death of the Author. [1967]" ''Image, Music, Text''. Trans. Stephen Heath. London: Fontana, 1977.
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*Bourdieu, Pierre. “The Field of Cultural Production, Or: The Economic World Reversed.” ''Poetics'' 12 (1983): 311-56. Print.
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*Clark, Giles. ''Inside Book Publishing''. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
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*Darnton, Robert. “What Is the History of Books?” ''Daedalus'' 111.3 (1982): 65-83. Print.
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*Darnton, Robert. “What Is the History of Books? Revisited.” ''Modern Intellectual History'' 4.3 (2007): 495–508.
 +
*English, James F. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2005. Print.
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*Finkelstein, David, and Alistair McCleery. ''An introduction to book history''. New York: Routledge, 2005. [bub 278 CT 2009,2007]
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*Foucault, Michel. "What is an Author? [1969]" ''The Foucault Reader''. Ed. Paul Rabinow. New York: Pantheon, 1984.
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*Griswold, Wendy, Susanne Janssen, and Kees van Rees. “Conditions of Cultural Production and Reception: Introduction.” Poetics 26 (1999): 285-288. Print.
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*Huggan, Graham. The Postcolonial Exotic: Marketing the Margins. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
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*Matthews, Nicole, and Nickianne Moody, eds. ''Judging a Book by Its Cover: Fans, Publishers, Designers and the Marketing of Books''. London: Ashgate, 2007. Print. [asl 435.2 CS 9885]
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*Sapiro, Gisèle. “The Literary Field between the State and the Market.” Poetics 31 (2003): 441-64. Print.
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*Squires, Claire. Marketing Literature. The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Print.
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*Thompson, John B. Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity, 2012. Print.
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*Todd, Richard. Consuming Fictions: The Booker Prize and Fiction in Britain Today. London: Bloomsbury, 1996. Print.
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*Van Rees, C.J. “How a Literary Work Becomes a Masterpiece: On the Threefold Selection Practised by Literary Criticism.” Poetics 12 (1983): 397-417. Print.
 +
*Van Rees, Kees, and Gillis J. Dorleijn. “The Eighteenth-Century Literary Field in Western Europe: The Interdependence of Material and Symbolic Production and Consumption.” Poetics 28 (2001): 331-48. Print.
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*Varela-Zapata, Jesús. “Literary Prizes and the Institutionalization of Postcolonial Literatures in English.” Pre- and Post-Publication Itineraries of the Contemporary Novel in English. Eds. Vanessa Guignery and François Gallix. Paris: Éditions Publibook Université, 2007. 211-21. Print.
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*Verdaasdonk, Hugo. “Social and Economic Factors in the Attribution of Literary Quality.” Poetics 12.4-5 (1983): 383-95. Print.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 10:44, 26 September 2022

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  • Modul: ang902 - Modul zur individuellen Profilbildung
  • Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
  • Course: The Literary Marketplace for MA Students
  • Time: Thursday 16-18h, biweekly
  • Venue: A6 2-212
  • Course Description: Based on a reading of Bonnie Garmus's bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry (2022), this course aims at introducing MA students to the history and contemporary practices of the literary marketplace. We will expand the notions of books familiar in literary and cultural studies by those in other disciplines such as book history and publishing studies.

Please, buy and read the following novel:

  • Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, London: Doubleday, 2022. If possible, use the time until the beginning of term to order (and, ideally, immerse yourself in the reading of) the novel. 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. 

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 the Author

Session 6: 19 January

  • Marketing Books: Agents, Publishers, Printers, Booksellers

Session 7: 2 February

  • Reading and Discussing Books: Professional and Other Readers

Tools

Primary Reading

  • see above

Further Reading

  • Adams, Thomas R., and Nicolas Barker. “A New Model for the Study of the Book.” A Potencie of Life: Books in Society. The Clark Lectures, 1986-1987. Ed. Nicolas Barker. British Library Studies in the History of the Book. London: British Library, 1993. Print.
  • Auguscik, A. "Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft. Eds. Philipp Theisohn and Christine Weder. Paderborn: Fink, 2013. 97-112.
  • Auguscik, Anna. Prizing Debate: The Fourth Decade of the Booker Prize and the Contemporary Novel in the UK. Bielefeld: transcript, 2017.
  • Barthes, Roland. "The Death of the Author. [1967]" Image, Music, Text. Trans. Stephen Heath. London: Fontana, 1977.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. “The Field of Cultural Production, Or: The Economic World Reversed.” Poetics 12 (1983): 311-56. Print.
  • Clark, Giles. Inside Book Publishing. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
  • Darnton, Robert. “What Is the History of Books?” Daedalus 111.3 (1982): 65-83. Print.
  • Darnton, Robert. “What Is the History of Books? Revisited.” Modern Intellectual History 4.3 (2007): 495–508.
  • English, James F. The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2005. Print.
  • Finkelstein, David, and Alistair McCleery. An introduction to book history. New York: Routledge, 2005. [bub 278 CT 2009,2007]
  • Foucault, Michel. "What is an Author? [1969]" The Foucault Reader. Ed. Paul Rabinow. New York: Pantheon, 1984.
  • Griswold, Wendy, Susanne Janssen, and Kees van Rees. “Conditions of Cultural Production and Reception: Introduction.” Poetics 26 (1999): 285-288. Print.
  • Huggan, Graham. The Postcolonial Exotic: Marketing the Margins. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
  • Matthews, Nicole, and Nickianne Moody, eds. Judging a Book by Its Cover: Fans, Publishers, Designers and the Marketing of Books. London: Ashgate, 2007. Print. [asl 435.2 CS 9885]
  • Sapiro, Gisèle. “The Literary Field between the State and the Market.” Poetics 31 (2003): 441-64. Print.
  • Squires, Claire. Marketing Literature. The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Print.
  • Thompson, John B. Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity, 2012. Print.
  • Todd, Richard. Consuming Fictions: The Booker Prize and Fiction in Britain Today. London: Bloomsbury, 1996. Print.
  • Van Rees, C.J. “How a Literary Work Becomes a Masterpiece: On the Threefold Selection Practised by Literary Criticism.” Poetics 12 (1983): 397-417. Print.
  • Van Rees, Kees, and Gillis J. Dorleijn. “The Eighteenth-Century Literary Field in Western Europe: The Interdependence of Material and Symbolic Production and Consumption.” Poetics 28 (2001): 331-48. Print.
  • Varela-Zapata, Jesús. “Literary Prizes and the Institutionalization of Postcolonial Literatures in English.” Pre- and Post-Publication Itineraries of the Contemporary Novel in English. Eds. Vanessa Guignery and François Gallix. Paris: Éditions Publibook Université, 2007. 211-21. Print.
  • Verdaasdonk, Hugo. “Social and Economic Factors in the Attribution of Literary Quality.” Poetics 12.4-5 (1983): 383-95. Print.

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