2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1
- Time: Di 14-16
- Place: A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2)
- Lecturers: Anton Kirchhofer, Olaf Simons
- Tutors: Florian Gubisch, Katrin Ischebeck, Christina Stindl
Schedule
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Session | Date | Topic | Reading | Presentation |
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1 | Oct. 23, 2007 | Course Outline. | Session 1 | |
2 | Oct. 30, 2007 | The Invention of History — Different views on the periodization of literature. |
William Salmon, The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694 (1694). John Goldsmith, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC. (1800). |
Session 2 |
3 | Nov. 6, 2007 | The Rise of Literature, Part I — What the term literature meant in Defoe's days and how our modern meaning of the word developed. |
Pierre-Daniel Huet, The history of romances (1670) 1715 ECCO, this wiki. The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature (1774). ECCO Pat Rogers (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1986) |
Session 3 |
4 | Nov. 13, 2007 | The Rise of Literature, Part II — The complex discourse about literature: literary histories, national philologies and an exchange supported by the media. |
Hippolyte Taine, Introduction to the History of English Literature (1863). Bartleby Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1471/1485) EEBO, Marteau esp. Caxton's preface and book 5 |
Session 4 |
5 | Nov. 20, 2007 | Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part I — The "rise of the novel". |
Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales (1386-1400). [1] esp. General Prologue and Shipman's Tale [2] [3] |
Session 5 |
6 | Nov. 27, 2007 | Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part II — The order of Fictions |
George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871/72). 19thNovels.com | Session 6 |
7 | Dec. 4, 2007 | Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part III — The modern novel, a field of intense debate |
Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988). | Session 7 |
8 | Dec. 11, 2007 | Drama, Part I — From the middle ages to Shakespeare |
William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608). EEBO | Session 8 |
9 | Dec. 18, 2007 | Drama, Part II — From the restoration to the present. |
William Wycherley, The Country Wife (1675). ECCO Edward Bond, Saved (1965) |
Session 9 |
10 | Jan. 8, 2008 | Poetry — Once a broad field comprising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature. |
William Blake, Jerusalem (1804). Anglistik Wiki Oldenburg T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922). Wikisource |
Session 10 |
11 | Jan. 15, 2008 | Literary Theory, Part I — What is literature? Different debates and different answers. |
Session 11 | |
12 | Jan. 22, 2008 | Written Test | Session 12 | |
13 | Jan. 29, 2008 | Feedback on Test and Look Ahead | Session 13 | |
14 | Feb. 5, 2008 | Literary Theory, Part II — Debate or field of learning? |
Session 14 |
Portfolio Requirements
The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:
- Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 1 -- 3 KP:
- 1 Übungsblatt mit Exzerpt eines primär- und eines Sekundärtexts (unbenotet) -- date due: January 15, 2008
- 1 Written Test (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) -- January 22, 2008.
- Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 2 -- 3 KP:
- 3 textanalytische Aufgaben (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) (Week 4, 7, and 10 of term)
- 1 Research Paper Outline (benotet, 20% der Modulnote) (date due: August 15, 2008 [Winter Term: March 1, 2008].
Click here for further information about the structure of this course and the portfolio requirements.
We created a special page to reflect what we are aiming at - with this course and the studies in literature we offer at the university of Oldenburg.
Tutorials
The tutorials have their own page at 2007-08 BM1 Tutorials
Literature
- Pierre-Daniel Huet. The history of romances. [1670] 1715. ECCO, Anglistik Oldenburg).
- The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature. 1774. ECCO
- Hyppolite Taine. Introduction to the History of English Literature. 1863. Bartleby
- Pat Rogers (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature 1987.