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The Shakespeare Drama for this course will be [[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|''Richard III'' (1597)]]. You are welcome to read the play in German first, in order to get a general idea (using, for example, a Reclam edition, either bilingual or monoligual). In the course, we will work with the first edition of [[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|1597]] (available for download from our main course page and soon also as a mastercopy in Wersig) as well as the critical edition of ''Richard III'' (The Arden Edition, second series, ca. 14 EUR at CvO bookshop). | The Shakespeare Drama for this course will be [[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|''Richard III'' (1597)]]. You are welcome to read the play in German first, in order to get a general idea (using, for example, a Reclam edition, either bilingual or monoligual). In the course, we will work with the first edition of [[Shakespeare, Richard III (1597)|1597]] (available for download from our main course page and soon also as a mastercopy in Wersig) as well as the critical edition of ''Richard III'' (The Arden Edition, second series, ca. 14 EUR at CvO bookshop). | ||
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You may use the discussion page above for any questions relating specifically to our course rather than to the entire module. | You may use the discussion page above for any questions relating specifically to our course rather than to the entire module. | ||
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Assignment I: Poetry (Due: May 15) | Assignment I: Poetry (Due: May 15) | ||
− | ===15-May: | + | ===15-May: DRAMA=== |
RICHARD III | RICHARD III | ||
Plett 3-22, 102-105 | Plett 3-22, 102-105 | ||
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+ | *'''Prepare for this session''': take the page of the folio-edition you have been handed out and compare the '''right''' hand column with the text of the first Quarto-edition as given bellow. | ||
+ | *Modify the Q1-Text till it reads as your passage of the Folio-text | ||
+ | *Ignore variations of spelling and punctuation | ||
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+ | *[[Richard III, Q1, (1597), p.3-94]] | ||
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+ | Question: What kinds of variations did you notice in your personal piece of work? Were they improvments? | ||
+ | PS: If you have problems to find your text in the Q1-edition, use our searchable html-edition at | ||
+ | http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1597-richard-iii.html | ||
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+ | ===22-May: DRAMA: CHARACTERS AND GENRE ASPECTS=== | ||
Exposition | Exposition | ||
RICHARD III | RICHARD III | ||
− | Pfister | + | Pfister 183 - 195 |
− | ===29-May: | + | ===29-May: DRAMATIC STRUCTURES, DRAMATIC COMMUNICATION=== |
Distinguish modes of characterisation | Distinguish modes of characterisation | ||
RICHARD III | RICHARD III | ||
− | Pfister | + | Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147 |
− | Assignment II: Drama (Due: June 05) | + | Assignment II: Drama (Due: June 05) - [[BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 2: Richard III]] |
===05-June: DRAMA AND FICTION=== | ===05-June: DRAMA AND FICTION=== | ||
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Rimmon-Kenan 59-71 | Rimmon-Kenan 59-71 | ||
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===26-June: FILM=== | ===26-June: FILM=== | ||
Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis | Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis | ||
− | + | [[Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (1994)]] | |
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+ | Assignment III: Fiction (Due: July 03) - [[BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 3: Narratives]] | ||
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===03-July BEYOND THE CANON=== | ===03-July BEYOND THE CANON=== | ||
Literary Analysis and non-literary materials | Literary Analysis and non-literary materials | ||
− | MANDEVILLE. ''VOYAGES'' | + | [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1705_mandeville__voyages.pdf MANDEVILLE. ''VOYAGES'']. Read beginning (pp.1-4), chapter 45, chapter 51, the ending (131+list of contents). |
===10-July: BEYOND THE CANON=== | ===10-July: BEYOND THE CANON=== | ||
− | Literary Analysis and non-literary materials | + | Literary Analysis and non-literary materials |
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+ | [[Toni Hagen, Afoot in Roadless Nepal (1960)]] | ||
===17-July: TERM PAPER PROJECTS=== | ===17-July: TERM PAPER PROJECTS=== | ||
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− | ==REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE== | + | ==[[BM1 Introduction to Literature, Aims and Requirements|REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE]]== |
*Regular Attendance: you may not miss more than two classes! | *Regular Attendance: you may not miss more than two classes! | ||
*Active Contributions: read the primary and secondary material carefully and take an active part in group discussions | *Active Contributions: read the primary and secondary material carefully and take an active part in group discussions | ||
*Assignments: all assignments must be handed in on time! Two out of three assignments will count. | *Assignments: all assignments must be handed in on time! Two out of three assignments will count. | ||
− | *Research Paper Outline: choose a title, put up a plan, compile a bibliography, give a gist of how you would want to tackle your question | + | *[[BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline|Research Paper Outline]]: choose a title, put up a plan, compile a bibliography, give a gist of how you would want to tackle your question |
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==Critical Literature== | ==Critical Literature== | ||
*Culler, Jonathan. “Poetics of the Lyric.” ''Structuralist Poetics''. London, 1975. 161-188. | *Culler, Jonathan. “Poetics of the Lyric.” ''Structuralist Poetics''. London, 1975. 161-188. | ||
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*John Mandeville. ''Voyages'' [c. 1360]. 1705. | *John Mandeville. ''Voyages'' [c. 1360]. 1705. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:40, 16 July 2008
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Opening Note
- 3 Course Outline
- 3.1 17-Apr: A POEM
- 3.2 24-Apr: POETRY AND POETICS
- 3.3 01-May: NO CLASS
- 3.4 08-May: POETRY AND POETICS
- 3.5 15-May: DRAMA
- 3.6 22-May: DRAMA: CHARACTERS AND GENRE ASPECTS
- 3.7 29-May: DRAMATIC STRUCTURES, DRAMATIC COMMUNICATION
- 3.8 05-June: DRAMA AND FICTION
- 3.9 12-June: FICTION I
- 3.10 19-June: FICTION II
- 3.11 26-June: FILM
- 3.12 03-July BEYOND THE CANON
- 3.13 10-July: BEYOND THE CANON
- 3.14 17-July: TERM PAPER PROJECTS
- 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE
- 5 Critical Literature
- 6 Primary Literature
Overview
Introduction to Literature – Part 2 – Course D
Summer Term 2007
Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
Office Hours: Wed 16-17; A10 1-116
Phone.: 789-2345
E-Mail: anna.auguscik@uni-oldenburg.de
Opening Note
This is the place where you will find complementary information on the Basismodul 1 as it specifically relates to Course D (Tue 14-16 h, A10 1-121a, Anna Auguscik 12:06, 2 April 2007 (CEST)).
The Shakespeare Drama for this course will be Richard III (1597). You are welcome to read the play in German first, in order to get a general idea (using, for example, a Reclam edition, either bilingual or monoligual). In the course, we will work with the first edition of 1597 (available for download from our main course page and soon also as a mastercopy in Wersig) as well as the critical edition of Richard III (The Arden Edition, second series, ca. 14 EUR at CvO bookshop).
You may use the discussion page above for any questions relating specifically to our course rather than to the entire module.
Course Outline
17-Apr: A POEM
Organization of the Course
Assignments, Required Reading
Approaches to Reading a Poem
Reading: BLAKE “JERUSALEM”
24-Apr: POETRY AND POETICS
Structural approach to poetry
Communicative situation, themes, metrics and language, basics of metrics and rhyme patterns
The Sonnet
POETRY READER: Sidney, Sir Philip. “Loving in Truth”; Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 130”; Wordsworth, William. “Scorn Not the Sonnet”; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “The Sonnet”
Further Reading: Culler 161-178, Ludwig, 31-33
01-May: NO CLASS
08-May: POETRY AND POETICS
Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language
Figurative language, interplay
POETRY READER: Herbert, George. “The Deniall.”; cummings, e.e. “pity this busy monster, manunkind”
Further Reading: Ludwig, 47-60; Leech, 147-157
Assignment I: Poetry (Due: May 15)
15-May: DRAMA
RICHARD III
Plett 3-22, 102-105
- Prepare for this session: take the page of the folio-edition you have been handed out and compare the right hand column with the text of the first Quarto-edition as given bellow.
- Modify the Q1-Text till it reads as your passage of the Folio-text
- Ignore variations of spelling and punctuation
Question: What kinds of variations did you notice in your personal piece of work? Were they improvments? PS: If you have problems to find your text in the Q1-edition, use our searchable html-edition at http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1597-richard-iii.html
22-May: DRAMA: CHARACTERS AND GENRE ASPECTS
Exposition
RICHARD III
Pfister 183 - 195
29-May: DRAMATIC STRUCTURES, DRAMATIC COMMUNICATION
Distinguish modes of characterisation
RICHARD III
Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147
Assignment II: Drama (Due: June 05) - BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 2: Richard III
05-June: DRAMA AND FICTION
An understanding of genres in the context of traditional poetics, and of the transition from poetic genres to literary genres
HAWTHORNE, COOVER
Huet. Treatise of Romances; Boileau. Art of Poetry
12-June: FICTION I
Narration, Focalisation
HAWTHORNE, BIERCE, MANSFIELD , COOVER
Rimmon-Kenan 72-86
19-June: FICTION II
Plot and Characters
HAWTHORNE, BIERCE, MANSFIELD , COOVER
Rimmon-Kenan 59-71
26-June: FILM
Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis
Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (1994)
Assignment III: Fiction (Due: July 03) - BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 3: Narratives
03-July BEYOND THE CANON
Literary Analysis and non-literary materials
MANDEVILLE. VOYAGES. Read beginning (pp.1-4), chapter 45, chapter 51, the ending (131+list of contents).
10-July: BEYOND THE CANON
Literary Analysis and non-literary materials
Toni Hagen, Afoot in Roadless Nepal (1960)
17-July: TERM PAPER PROJECTS
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress'
Term Paper Projects (Due: Aug 15)
REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE
- Regular Attendance: you may not miss more than two classes!
- Active Contributions: read the primary and secondary material carefully and take an active part in group discussions
- Assignments: all assignments must be handed in on time! Two out of three assignments will count.
- Research Paper Outline: choose a title, put up a plan, compile a bibliography, give a gist of how you would want to tackle your question
Critical Literature
- Culler, Jonathan. “Poetics of the Lyric.” Structuralist Poetics. London, 1975. 161-188.
- Ludwig, Hans-Werner. Arbeitsbuch Lyrikanalyse. Tübingen: Francke. 2005.
- Leech, Geoffrey N. A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. London: Longman, 1969.
- Plett, Heinrich F. Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse. Hamburg: Helmut Buske, 1979.
- Pfister, Manfred. The Theory and Analysis of Drama. Cambridge: CUP, 1993.
- Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith. Narrative Fiction. Contemporary Poetics. London, New York: Routledge, 1983.
- Huet, Pierre Daniel. Treatise of Romances [1670]. 1672.
- Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. Art of Poetry. 1687.
Primary Literature
- Poetry Reader
- William Shakespeare. Richard III [1597] (The Arden Ed.)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne. "Young Goodman Brown [1835]."
- Robert Coover, "Magic Poker [1969]"
- Katherine Mansfield. "The Voyage [1922]."
- Ambrose Bierce. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge [1890]."
- John Mandeville. Voyages [c. 1360]. 1705.