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
Contents
Schedule
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). EEBO John Goldsmith, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC. (1800). ECCO. |
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 |
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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.
Click here for further information about the structure of this course and the portfolio requirements.
Excerpt
You are expected to read and excerpt at least two titles - one of the first list of fiction and drama and one of the second list of scholarly articles. You are expected to read and excerpt at least two titles - one of the first list of fiction and drama and one of the second list of scholarly articles. Click here for further information on how to write a good excerpt.
Drama and Fiction
- Beowulf (composed c. 750/ manuscript source c. 1010) Benjamin Slade's edition
- Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales (1386-1400). Virginia e-text (you may try to read the Shipman's tale with a translation into modern English).
- Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1471/1485) EEBO, Marteau esp. Caxton's preface and book 5
- William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608). EEBO
- William Congreve, The Country Wife (1675). ECCO
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719). ECCO, Marteau
- George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871/72). 19thNovels.com
- T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922). Wikisource
- Edward Bond, Saved (1965)
- Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988).
Literary Criticism
- Robert Markley. "The Rise of Nothing: " The New Eighteenth Century ed. Martha Nussbaum.
- Hugh Trevor-Roper. in The Invention of Tradition ed. Eric Hobsbawm.
Tutorials
The tutorials have their own page at 2007-08 BM1 Tutorials
Further Reading
- 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.