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*a seminar (S/Ü "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies", offered in the following summer term), and | *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). | *a lecture (VL "Historical Background and Critical Concepts", offered in the following summer term). | ||
− | All students beginning in the winter term | + | All students beginning in the winter term 2018/19 need to enroll in one of the tutorials called |
TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND in a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP. | TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND in a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP. | ||
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*3.02.040 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A14 1-113 | *3.02.040 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A14 1-113 | ||
*3.02.041 - Galena Hashhozheva - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A10 1-121a | *3.02.041 - Galena Hashhozheva - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A10 1-121a | ||
− | *3.02.042 - | + | *3.02.042 - Bettina Soller - Thu, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 5-531 |
− | *3.02.043 - | + | *3.02.043 - Bettina Soller - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A01 0-010b |
*3.02.044 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]]- Thu, 08:00-10:00 Room A14 1-113 | *3.02.044 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]]- Thu, 08:00-10:00 Room A14 1-113 | ||
*3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A01 0-010a | *3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A01 0-010a | ||
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*3.02.048 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A01 0-007 | *3.02.048 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A01 0-007 | ||
*3.02.049 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00 Room: A04 4-411 | *3.02.049 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00 Room: A04 4-411 | ||
− | *3.02.050 - | + | *3.02.050 - Bettina Soller - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room A10 1-121 (Hörsaal F) |
− | S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [https:// | + | S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_Seminarplan_SUE_WiSe2018_19_2-seitig_final.pdf Course Outline "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"] |
'''Revision: Ü "Revision Course"''' | '''Revision: Ü "Revision Course"''' | ||
*3.02.055 - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] - Fri, 14:00-16:00, Room: A06 0-001 | *3.02.055 - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] - Fri, 14:00-16:00, Room: A06 0-001 | ||
− | Ü "Revision Course" [https:// | + | Ü "Revision Course" [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_intro-lit_revision_course_outline_2018-19.pdf Course Outline "Revision Course"] |
− | '''Tutorials: TUT Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"''' | + | '''Tutorials: TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"''' |
*3.02.056 - Tutorin: Rebecca Käpernick - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V02 0-004 | *3.02.056 - Tutorin: Rebecca Käpernick - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V02 0-004 | ||
− | *3.02.057 - Tutorin: Alena Jansen - Fri, | + | *3.02.057 - Tutorin: Alena Jansen - Fri, 09:00-10:00 Room: A04 4-411 |
+ | *3.02.057a - Tutorin: Alena Jansen - Fri, 08:00-09:00 Room: A04 4-411 | ||
*3.02.058 - Tutorin: Tabea Hirsch - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: W01 1-117 | *3.02.058 - Tutorin: Tabea Hirsch - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: W01 1-117 | ||
− | *3.02.059 - Tutor: Jascha Kattmann - | + | *3.02.059 - Tutor: Jascha Kattmann - Thu, 18:00-19:00 Room: S2-205 |
− | *3.02. | + | *3.02.059a - Tutor: Jascha Kattmann - Thu, 19:00-20:00 Room: S2-205 |
+ | *3.02.060 - Tutor: Torge Freese - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: W03 2-240 | ||
*3.02.061 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E003 | *3.02.061 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E003 | ||
*3.02.062 - Tutorin: Julia Janßen - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E002 | *3.02.062 - Tutorin: Julia Janßen - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E002 | ||
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*3.02.064 - Tutorin: Clara Sophie Schenck - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E004 | *3.02.064 - Tutorin: Clara Sophie Schenck - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V03 0-E004 | ||
*3.02.065 - Tutorin: Sarah Marie Staus - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: S2-205 | *3.02.065 - Tutorin: Sarah Marie Staus - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: S2-205 | ||
− | TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [https:// | + | TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/01_ang070_Seminarplan_TUT_WiSe18_19_2018_10_11_2-seitig.pdf Course Outline "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"] |
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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: | 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. ''Othello''. Ed. E.A.J. Honigmann. Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. |
− | * | + | * Melville, Herman. "Benito Cereno." ''Melville's Short Novels''. Ed. Dan McCall. New York and London: Norton, 2002. |
Course work: You will be asked to write three ungraded exercise assignments (max. 3 pages) and produce a Research Paper Outline 'Plus' (RPOplus), consisting of a research paper outline and a problem-oriented sample analysis (6 pages, due on February 28). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Leitfaden_Lit-Cult_2017-2018.pdf style sheet], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the RPOplus you will need to find your own topic to work on, 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) and write up a formal and genre-specific analysis of a passage that fits in with the research question and thesis statement put forward in your RPO. | Course work: You will be asked to write three ungraded exercise assignments (max. 3 pages) and produce a Research Paper Outline 'Plus' (RPOplus), consisting of a research paper outline and a problem-oriented sample analysis (6 pages, due on February 28). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Leitfaden_Lit-Cult_2017-2018.pdf style sheet], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the RPOplus you will need to find your own topic to work on, 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) and write up a formal and genre-specific analysis of a passage that fits in with the research question and thesis statement put forward in your RPO. | ||
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'''Welcome''' | '''Welcome''' | ||
− | *Introduction to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ | + | |
− | *Introduction to the [https:// | + | *Introduction to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/NEU_ang070_Curriculum_2seitig.pdf ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals] |
+ | *Introduction to the [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_Seminarplan_SUE_WiSe2018_19_2-seitig_final.pdf ang070 Course Outline] | ||
'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | * Handout [https:// | + | * Handout [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_handout_Literature_and_representation_2017-18_final_2seitig.pdf Literature & Representation] |
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | * Handout [https:// | + | * Handout [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_analysing_poetry_2-seitig.pdf Analysing Poetry] |
* Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/CullerJonathanStructuralistPoetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LudwigHansWernerLyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English | * Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/CullerJonathanStructuralistPoetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LudwigHansWernerLyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_figurative_speech.pdf Figurative Speech] | + | *Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_figurative_speech.pdf Figurative Speech]; [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_analysing_poetry_2-seitig.pdf Analysing Poetry] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LudwigHansWernerLyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 47-60]; [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LeechGeoffreyNALinguisticGuidetoEnglishPoetry.pdf Leech, 147-157] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LudwigHansWernerLyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 47-60]; [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/LeechGeoffreyNALinguisticGuidetoEnglishPoetry.pdf Leech, 147-157] | ||
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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). | 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). | ||
− | [https:// | + | [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_students.pdf Assignment I: Poetry] |
− | [https:// | + | [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_samplesolution.xpdf Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry] |
==Session Five, November 15/16: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric== | ==Session Five, November 15/16: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric== | ||
'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_rhetoric_2-seitig.pdf Rhetoric] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Plett_EinfuehrungRhetorischeTextanalyse.pdf Plett 3-22, 102-105] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Plett_EinfuehrungRhetorischeTextanalyse.pdf Plett 3-22, 102-105] | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_analysing_drama_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Analysing Dramatic Communication] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/PfisterManfredTheTheoryandAnalysisofDrama.pdf Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/PfisterManfredTheTheoryandAnalysisofDrama.pdf Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | *William Shakespeare, '' | + | *William Shakespeare, ''Othello'' |
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_analysing_drama_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Analysing Dramatic Communication] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/PfisterManfredTheTheoryandAnalysisofDrama.pdf Pfister 183 - 195] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/PfisterManfredTheTheoryandAnalysisofDrama.pdf Pfister 183 - 195] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | *William Shakespeare, '' | + | *William Shakespeare, ''Othello'' |
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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Characters and Genre Aspects. | Characters and Genre Aspects. | ||
− | [[https:// | + | [[https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_WiSe_18-19_assignment_02_drama_students.pdf Assignment II: Drama]] |
− | [[https:// | + | [[https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_WiSe18-19_assignment_02_drama_sample-solution.pdf Sample solution assignment II: Drama]] |
==Session Eight, December 06/07: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I== | ==Session Eight, December 06/07: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I== | ||
'''Material''' | '''Material''' | ||
− | *[https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/HO_Author_Function.pdf Author Function] |
+ | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/HO_Editing_Shakespeare.pdf Editing Shakespeare] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | *[https:// | + | * [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Foucault_What_is_an_Author_ReadingInstructions.pdf Foucault, Michel. "What Is an Author?"''The Foucault Reader''. Ed. Paul Rabinow. New York, Pantheon, 1984. 101-20. Print.] |
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'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_narratology_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Narratology] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | * | + | *Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno" |
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_narratology_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Narratology] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | * | + | *Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno" |
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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'''Analytical Tools''' | '''Analytical Tools''' | ||
− | *Handout: [https:// | + | *Handout: [https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/handout_narratology_2018_10_12_2-seitig.pdf Narratology] |
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71 and Chapter 6, 72-86] | *Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71 and Chapter 6, 72-86] | ||
'''Texts''' | '''Texts''' | ||
− | * | + | *Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno" |
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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Close Reading | Close Reading | ||
− | [[https:// | + | [[https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_WiSe_18-19_assignment_03_fiction_students_final.pdf Assignment III: Fiction]] |
− | [[https:// | + | [[https://uol.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/ang070_WiSe1_18-19_assignment_03_fiction_samplesolution.pdf Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]] |
==Session Twelve, January 17/18: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II== | ==Session Twelve, January 17/18: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II== | ||
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− | *[ | + | * [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/1999_Nixon_MelvilleBenitoCereno.pdf Nixon, Nicola. "Men and Coats; Or, The Politics of the Dandiacal Body in Melville's 'Benito Cereno.'" ''PMLA'' 114.3 (1999): 359-72. Print.] |
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+ | '''Homework''' | ||
+ | *What kind of RPO+ would precede this kind of secondary text? While reading the text, deduce and reconstruct the parts relevant to an RPO+: (1) research problem, (2) thesis statement, (3) state of research, (4) argumentative structure. | ||
'''Skills and Activities''' | '''Skills and Activities''' | ||
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*Sample: [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Sample_RPOplus_Lit_18_05_09.pdf RPOplus] | *Sample: [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Sample_RPOplus_Lit_18_05_09.pdf RPOplus] | ||
− | [ | + | [[Assignment IV: RPOplus]] |
Latest revision as of 12:59, 29 October 2020
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 2018/19 need to enroll in one of the tutorials called TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND in 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 ten courses of our seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".
Courses: S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"
S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" Course Outline "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" Revision: Ü "Revision Course"
Ü "Revision Course" Course Outline "Revision Course" Tutorials: TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"
TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" Course Outline "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" |
This seminar is part of the Basismodul ang070 and focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering ten parallel courses. Please make sure that you are registered under ONE of these in Stud.IP.
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. Othello. Ed. E.A.J. Honigmann. Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
- Melville, Herman. "Benito Cereno." Melville's Short Novels. Ed. Dan McCall. New York and London: Norton, 2002.
Course work: You will be asked to write three ungraded exercise assignments (max. 3 pages) and produce a Research Paper Outline 'Plus' (RPOplus), consisting of a research paper outline and a problem-oriented sample analysis (6 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. For the RPOplus you will need to find your own topic to work on, 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) and write up a formal and genre-specific analysis of a passage that fits in with the research question and thesis statement put forward in your RPO.
Two useful links for all assignments:
- Useful Hints for Assignments
- Literary Studies:Writing academic texts - esp. for the research paper outline
Contents
- 1 Session One, October 18/19: Introduction
- 2 Session Two, October 25/26: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre
- 3 Session Three, November 01/02: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech
- 4 Session Four, November 08/09: Analysing Poetry III: From Close Reading to Problem-Oriented Textual Analysis
- 5 Session Five, November 15/16: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric
- 6 Session Six, November 22/23: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure
- 7 Session Seven, November 29/30: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation
- 8 Session Eight, December 06/07: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I
- 9 Session Nine, December 13/14: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation
- 10 Session Ten, December 20/21: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation
- 11 Session Eleven, January 10/11: Analysing Fiction III: From Close Reading to Problem-Oriented Textual Analysis
- 12 Session Twelve, January 17/18: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II
- 13 Session Thirteen, January 24/25: Recap
- 14 Session Fourteen, January 31/February 01: RPO Projects
Session One, October 18/19: Introduction
Welcome
- Introduction to the ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals
- Introduction to the ang070 Course Outline
Analytical Tools
- Handout Literature & Representation
Texts
Skills and Activities
Preliminaries for seminar communication.
Session Two, October 25/26: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre
Analytical Tools
- Handout Analysing Poetry
- Sources: Culler 161-178; Ludwig, 31-33; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
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 01/02: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Figurative Speech
- Sources: Ludwig, 47-60; Leech, 147-157
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 08/09: Analysing Poetry III: From Close Reading to Problem-Oriented Textual Analysis
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Figurative Speech; Analysing Poetry
- Sources: Ludwig, 47-60; Leech, 147-157
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 15/16: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Rhetoric
- Sources: Plett 3-22, 102-105
Texts
- William Shakespeare, Othello
Skills and Activities
A speech from the Shakespeare play
Session Six, November 22/23: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Analysing Dramatic Communication
- Sources: Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147
Texts
- William Shakespeare, Othello
Skills and Activities
Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.
Session Seven, November 29/30: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Analysing Dramatic Communication
- Sources: Pfister 183 - 195
Texts
- William Shakespeare, Othello
Skills and Activities
Characters and Genre Aspects.
[Assignment II: Drama]
[Sample solution assignment II: Drama]
Session Eight, December 06/07: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I
Material
- Handout: Author Function
- Handout: Editing Shakespeare
Texts
Skills and Activities
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
Session Nine, December 13/14: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Narratology
- Sources: Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86
Texts
- Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno"
Skills and Activities
Narration, Focalization.
Session Ten, December 20/21: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Narratology
- Sources: Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71
Texts
- Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno"
Skills and Activities
Characterisation.
Session Eleven, January 10/11: Analysing Fiction III: From Close Reading to Problem-Oriented Textual Analysis
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Narratology
- Sources: Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71 and Chapter 6, 72-86
Texts
- Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno"
Skills and Activities
Close Reading
[Assignment III: Fiction]
[Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]
Session Twelve, January 17/18: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II
Material
Texts
Homework
- What kind of RPO+ would precede this kind of secondary text? While reading the text, deduce and reconstruct the parts relevant to an RPO+: (1) research problem, (2) thesis statement, (3) state of research, (4) argumentative structure.
Skills and Activities
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
Session Thirteen, January 24/25: Recap
Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction
Session Fourteen, January 31/February 01: RPO Projects
Skills and Activities
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects
Assignment IV: RPOplus