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Please note: The BM1 (literature) and BM2 (culture) modules consists of a seminar and a tutorial. All students beginning in the winter term 2009/10 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods". Additionally, you will choose between a seminar under BM 1 (literature) or BM 2 (culture) for the winter term and then study the other one in the summer term.
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The seminar part of the Basismodul 1 focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering five 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. You will find information relating to your course under the individual course number and lecturer.
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.
Courses A-E:
- William Shakespeare. Hamlet [1603]. Eds. Neil Taylor and Ann Thompson. London: Arden (3rd Series), 2000.
- James, Henry. Turn of the Screw [1898].
Course work: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (in session 4, 7 and 12 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (Due: 12.03.2010). The assignments are limited to a max. of 2-3 pages of text, formatted according to the style sheet, and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. 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:
- Survive Assignments
- Literary Studies:Writing academic texts - good for the research paper outline
Contents
- 1 Session One, Oct 19-23: Literature and Education
- 2 Session Two, Oct 26-30: Poetry 1
- 3 Session Three, Nov 02-06: Poetry 2
- 4 Session Four, Nov 09-13: Rhetoric
- 5 Session Five, Nov 16-20: Drama 1
- 6 Session Six, Nov 23-27: Drama 2
- 7 Session Seven, Nov 30-Dec 04: Drama 3
- 8 Session Eight, Dec 10: Film Screening
- 9 Session Nine, Dec 14-18: Film Analysis
- 10 Session Ten, Jan 04-08: Fiction 1
- 11 Session Eleven, Jan 11-15: Fiction 2
- 12 Session Twelve, Jan 18-22: Literary Theory
- 13 Session Thirteen, Jan 25-29: Term Paper Projects
- 14 Session Fourteen, Feb 01-05: Term Paper Projects
- 15 Further Reading
Session One, Oct 19-23: Literature and Education
Welcome
- Introduction to the BM 1 Curriculum, Aims and Goals
- Introduction to the BM 1 Programme
Texts
- [link, Poetry Reader] includes:
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXX (1609)
- John Donne: “Holy Sonnet XIV” (1633)
- John Milton: “Sonnet VII” (1645)
- John Milton: “Sonnet XIX” (1673)
- Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)
- Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1925)
- Stevie Smith: “The Galloping Cat”
Skills and Activities
Preliminaries for seminar communication.
Session Two, Oct 26-30: Poetry 1
Analytical Tools
- Handout Analysing Poetry 1
- Sources: Culler 161-178; Ludwig, 31-33; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
Texts
- Poetry Reader
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, Nov 02-06: Poetry 2
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Figurative Speech
- Sources: Ludwig, 47-60; Leech, 147-157
Texts
- Poetry Reader
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).
2008-09 BM1 Assignment 1: Poetry|Assignment I: Poetry (distributed on 6 Nov, due on 13 Nov)
Session Four, Nov 09-13: Rhetoric
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Rhetoric
- Sources: Plett 3-22, 102-105
- Excerpt from Plett
Texts
- Shakespeare, Hamlet [1603], esp. I.5.1-91.
Skills and Activities
A speech from the Shakespeare play [assignment 1 due]
Session Five, Nov 16-20: Drama 1
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Analysing Dramatic Communication
- Sources: Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147
- Excerpt from Pfister
Texts
- Shakespeare, Hamlet [1603]
Skills and Activities
Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition. [assignment 1 returned]
Session Six, Nov 23-27: Drama 2
Analytical Tools
Texts
- Shakespeare, Hamlet [1603]
Skills and Activities
Characters and Genre Aspects.
2008-09 BM1 Assignment 2: Drama|Assignment II: Drama (distributed on 27 Nov, due on 4 Dec)
Session Seven, Nov 30-Dec 04: Drama 3
Texts
- Shakespeare, Hamlet [1603]
Skills and Activities
Editions of Shakespeare's Hamlet [assignment 2 due]
Session Eight, Dec 10: Film Screening
Terry Gilliam (dir.), 12 Monkeys (1995 film)
- Venue: HS 1 or 2
- Time: 19.45-22.15
Session Nine, Dec 14-18: Film Analysis
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Film Analysis
- Sources: David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)
Texts
- Terry Gilliam, 12 Monkeys (1995)
Skills and Activities
Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [Fiction worksheet] [assignment 2 returned]
Session Ten, Jan 04-08: Fiction 1
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Narratology
- Sources: Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86
- Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan
Texts
- Henry James, Turn of the Screw [1898]
Skills and Activities
Narration, Focalization.
Session Eleven, Jan 11-15: Fiction 2
Analytical Tools
- Handout: Narratology
- Sources: Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 5, 59-71
Texts
- Henry James, Turn of the Screw [1898]
Skills and Activities
Characterization.
2008-09 BM1 Assignment 3: Fiction|Assignment III: Fiction (distributed on 15 Jan, due on 22 Jan)
Session Twelve, Jan 18-22: Literary Theory
Material
- Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements
- Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements, Variety A
- Major Theoretical Approaches and Movements in Relation to Wider Social Issues and
- Theory and the Wider Market of Debates - A First Draft
Texts
Skills and Activities
[assignment 3 due]
Session Thirteen, Jan 25-29: Term Paper Projects
Skills and Activities
How to write a Research Paper Project. [assignment 3 returned]
Session Fourteen, Feb 01-05: Term Paper Projects
Skills and Activities
Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects
Assignment 4: Term Paper Projects (Due: 12.03.2010)