2015-16 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature

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Please note: The ang070 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 2015/16 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

  • 3.02.041 - Michaela Keck - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A01 0-010B
  • 3.02.042 - Michaela Koch - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A07 0-025
  • 3.02.043 - Michaela Koch - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room A07 0-025
  • 3.02.044 - Christian Lassen - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
  • 3.02.045 - Christian Lassen - Thu, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
  • 3.02.046 - Christian Lassen - Fri, 08:00 - 10:00 Room A 01 0-010B
  • 3.02.047 - Natalie Roxburgh - Thu, 08:00-10:00 Room A14 0-031
  • 3.02.048 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room V02 0-002
  • 3.02.049 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room V02 0-002
  • 3.02.050 - Daniel Sip - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A01 0-010A

Tutorials

  • 3.02.051 - Tutorin: Kirstin Bogat - Tue, 08:00-10:00 Room: W03 2-240
  • 3.02.052 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 09:00-10:00 Room: W06 0-008
  • 3.02.053 - Tutorin: Kerstin Doerfel - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: W32 1-113
  • 3.02.054 - Tutorin: Sophia Pauline Schepker-Thiele - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room: A01 0-010A
  • 3.02.055 - Tutor: Hendrik Meyer - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-009
  • 3.02.056 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 18:00-19:00 Room: A07 0-025
  • 3.02.057 - Tutorin: Sina Menke - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-010B
  • 3.02.058 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 19:00-20:00 Room: A07 0-025
  • 3.02.059 - Tutorin: Rebecca Käpernick - Mon, 08:00-10:00 Room A06 0-009
  • 3.02.080 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 08:00-09:00 Room: W06 0-008

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. The Tempest. Eds. Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A&C Black, 2011.
  • Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012.

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 15/16: Introduction

Welcome

Texts

Skills and Activities

Preliminaries for seminar communication.

Session Two, October 22/23: 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, October 29/30: 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 05/06: 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

    Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry

Session Five, November 12/13: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools


Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play

Session Six, November 19/20: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.

Session Seven, November 26/27: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects. 

[Assignment II: Drama]

[Sample solution assignment II: Drama]

Session Eight, December 03/04: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I

Material

Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Nine, December 10/11: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization.

Session Ten, December 17/18: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Characterisation.

Session Eleven, January 07/08: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Close Reading 

  [Assignment III: Fiction]

  [Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]

Session Twelve, January 14/15: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II

Material

Texts

  • Butler, Marilyn. "Frankenstein and Radical Sciences." Frankenstein. By Mary Shelley. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012. 404-16.

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Thirteen, January 21/22: Recap

Preparation for written test

Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction

Session Fourteen, January 28/29: RPO Projects

Skills and Activities

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


     Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline 



     Written Test: Saturday, 30.01.2016, 13:00-15:00, A14 HS 1+2
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