2014-15 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature

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Please note: The ang070/BM7 module consists of

  • a seminar (S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the current winter term),
  • a tutorial (TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [aka "Research Methods"], offered in the current winter term),
  • a seminar (S/Ü "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies", offered in the following summer term), and
  • a lecture (VL "Historical Background and Critical Concepts", offered in the following summer term).

All students beginning in the winter term 2014/15 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND for a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP.

On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".

Seminars

Tutorials

  • 3.02.049 - Tutorin: Nele Wieting - Wed, 18:00-19:00 Room V02 1-114
  • 3.02.050 - Tutorin: Nele Wieting - Wed, 19:00-20:00 Room V02 1-114
  • 3.02.051 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: A14 1-112
  • 3.02.052 - Tutorin: Tanja Withey - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: V02 1-114
  • 3.02.053 - Tutor: Birger Hansen - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V04 1-146
  • 3.02.054 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Fri, 12:00-13:00 Room: A14 1-114, V03 0-E003
  • 3.02.058 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Fri, 13:00-14:00 Room: A14 1-114, V03 0-E003
  • 3.02.055 - Tutorin: Sina Menke - Fri, 14:00-16:00 Room: S 2-204
  • 3.02.056 - Tutorin: Patrizia Striowsky - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: A04 4-411
  • 3.02.057 - Tutor: Sebastian Kukuk - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: S 2-206

This seminar part of the Basismodul ang070 focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering eight parallel courses. Please make sure that you are registered under ONE of these in Stud.IP and open a wiki account which will enable you to participate in online discussions.

All parallel courses have a common structure. The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.

The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.

Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below). In addition you will need to purchase two books:

  • Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Ed. Keir Elam. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A&C Black, 2008.
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Ed. Katherine Linehan. New York and London: Norton, 2003.

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three optional exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on November 20/21, December 11/12 and January 22/23 respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on February 28). The assignments are to be formatted according to the style sheet, and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively, one of which will be tested at the end of the term (Written Test). For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).

Two useful links for all assignments:


Session One, October 23/24: Introduction

'Welcome

Texts

Skills and Activities

Preliminaries for seminar communication.

Session Two, October 30/31: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities

Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.

Session Three, November 06/07: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities

Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects).

Session Four, November 13/14: Analysing Poetry III: Close Reading

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities


Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects). 

    Assignment I: Poetry due 20/21.11.2014

    Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry

Session Five, November 20/21: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools


Texts

  • William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play


Assignment I due

Session Six, November 27/28: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.

Session Seven, December 04/05: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects. 

[Assignment II: Drama due 11./12.12.2014]

[Sample solution assignment II: Drama]

Session Eight, December 11/12: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I

Material

Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.


Assignment II due

Session Nine, December 18/19: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation

Analytical Tools


Texts

  • Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization.

Session Ten, January 08/09: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Skills and Activities

Characterisation.

Session Eleven, January 15/16: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Skills and Activities

Close Reading 

  [Assignment III: Fiction due 22./23.01.2015]

  [Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]

Session Twelve, January 22/23: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II

Material


Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.


Assignment III due

Session Thirteen, January 29/30: Recap

Preparation for written test

Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction

Session Fourteen, February 05/06: RPO Projects

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects 


     Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline 



     Written Test: Saturday, 07.02.2015, 16:00-18:00, A14 HS 1+2
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