2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1
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Course Outline
Session | Date | Topic | Reading | Presentation |
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1 | Oct. 23, 2007 | Course Outline. | ||
2 | Oct. 30, 2007 | The Rise of Literature I - A Discourse which Appropriated other Discourses. Not synonyms: The terms "literature", "belles letters", "poesy" and "fiction" (focussing on developments of the 17th and 18th centuries). |
presentation further reading | |
3 | Nov. 6, 2007 | The Rise of Literature II - The Success of the Pluralistic National Discourse: From early histories of poesy to modern histories of literature (focussing on developments of the 19th and 20th centuries) |
presentation | |
4 | Nov. 13, 2007 | Tutorial Sessions | ||
5 | Nov. 20, 2007 | Models for the Periodization of Literature - How the past was constructed in literary history. |
presentation further reading | |
6 | Nov. 27, 2007 | The Definition of Genres I - Poets and the Art of Poetry |
presentation | |
7 | Dec. 4, 2007 | The Definition of Genres II - Dramatic Theory and Theatrical Practice |
presentation | |
8 | Dec. 11, 2007 | The Definition of Genres III - Fiction and the Book Market |
presentation further reading | |
9 | Dec. 18, 2007 | The Satanic Verses (1988) - Case study of the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel. |
presentation | |
10 | Jan. 8, 2008 | Communication, Literary and Non-Literary - A Recapitulation | presentation | |
11 | Jan. 15, 2008 | Tutorial Sessions | materials | |
12 | Jan. 22, 2008 | Written Test | test | |
13 | Jan. 29, 2008 | Feedback on Test and Look Ahead | course evaluation | |
14 | Feb. 5, 2008 | Conclusion: Literature - the Ongoing Open Discussion
Recent Trends in literary theory from poststructuralism to the present. |
presentation |
Recommended Reading
- Olaf Simons, Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor der Literatur wurde (Amsterdam, 2001) link for a short history of our concept of literature]
Recommended Reading
- Olaf Simons, Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor der Literatur wurde (Amsterdam, 2001) link for a short history of our concept of literature]