2007 BM1-D Introduction to Literature, Part 2

Overview

Introduction to Literature – Part 2 – Course D Summer Term 2007

Lecturer: Anna Auguscik Tue 14-16

Office Hours: Wed 16-17; A10 1-116

Phone.: 789-2345

E-Mail: anna.auguscik@uni-oldenburg.de

Opening Note

This is the place where you will find complementary information on the Basismodul 1 as it specifically relates to Course D (Tue 14-16 h, A10 1-121a, Anna Auguscik 12:06, 2 April 2007 (CEST)).

The Shakespeare Drama for this course will be Richard III (1597). You are welcome to read the play in German first, in order to get a general idea (using, for example, a Reclam edition, either bilingual or monoligual). In the course, we will work with the first edition of 1597 (available for download from our main course page and soon also as a mastercopy in Wersig) as well as the current top critical edition of Richard III (The Arden Edition, third series, ca. 14 EUR at CvO bookshop).

If you want to read the text with Olaf and me on a Saturday evening, leave your name at Current events#April 21, 2007: Richard III.

You may use the discussion page above for any questions relating specifically to our course rather than to the entire module.

Course Outline

17-Apr: A POEM

Organization of the Course Assignments, Required Reading Approaches to Reading a Poem BLAKE “JERUSALEM”

24-Apr: POETRY AND POETICS

Structural approach to poetry Communicative situation, themes, metrics and language, basics of metrics and rhyme patterns The Sonnet POETRY READER: Sidney, Sir Philip. “Loving in Truth.” Shakespeare, William. “130.” Wordsworth, William. “Scorn Not the Sonnet” Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “The Sonnet” Culler 161-178 Ludwig, 31-33 01-May NO CLASS 08-May POETRY AND POETICS: Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language Figurative language, interplay POETRY READER: Herbert, George. “The Deniall.” cummings, e.e. “pity this busy monster, manunkind” Ludwig, 47-60 Leech, 147-157

08-May: POETRY AND POETICS

Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language Figurative language, interplay POETRY READER: Herbert, George. “The Deniall.” cummings, e.e. “pity this busy monster, manunkind” Ludwig, 47-60 Leech, 147-157

Assignment I: Poetry (Due: May 15)

15-May: RHETORIC

RICHARD III Plett 3-22, 102-105 22-May DRAMATIC STRUCTURES, DRAMATIC COMMUNICATION Exposition RICHARD III Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147 29-May DRAMA: CHARACTERS AND GENRE ASPECTS Distinguish modes of characterisation RICHARD III Pfister 183 - 195

Assignment II: Drama (Due: June 05)

05-June: DRAMA AND FICTION

An understanding of genres in the context of traditional poetics, and of the transition from poetic genres to literary genres HAWTHORNE, COOVER Huet. Treatise of Romances Boileau. Art of Poetry 12-June FICTION I Narration, Focalisation HAWTHORNE, BIERCE, MANSFIELD , COOVER Rimmon-Kenan 72-86 19-June FICTION II Plot and Characters HAWTHORNE, BIERCE, MANSFIELD , COOVER Rimmon-Kenan 59-71

Assignment III: Fiction (Due: June 26)

26-June: FILM

Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis PULP FICTION 03-July BEYOND THE CANON Literary Analysis and non-literary materials MANDEVILLE. VOYAGES 10-July BEYOND THE CANON Literary Analysis and non-literary materials 17-July TERM PAPER PROJECTS Brief Report on 'Work in Progress'

Term Paper Projects (Due: Aug 15)

REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE:

• Regular Attendance: you may not miss more than two classes! • Active Contributions: read the primary and secondary material carefully and take an active part in group discussions • Assignments: all assignments must be handed in on time! Two out of three assignments will count. • Research Paper Outline: choose a title, put up a plan, compile a bibliography, give a gist of how you would want to tackle your question

Critical Literature: Culler, Jonathan. “Poetics of the Lyric.” Structuralist Poetics. London, 1975. 161-188. Ludwig, Hans-Werner. Arbeitsbuch Lyrikanalyse. Tübingen: Francke. 2005. Leech, Geoffrey N. A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. London: Longman, 1969. Plett, Heinrich F. Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse. Hamburg: Helmut Buske, 1979. Pfister, Manfred. The Theory and Analysis of Drama. Cambridge: CUP, 1993. Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith. Narrative Fiction. Contemporary Poetics. London, New York: Routledge, 1983. Huet, Pierre Daniel. Treatise of Romances [1670]. 1672. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. Art of Poetry. 1687. Primary Literature: POETRY Poetry Reader DRAMA William Shakespeare. Richard III (The Arden Ed.) FICTION Nathaniel Hawthorne. "Young Goodman Brown [1835]." Robert Coover, "Magic Poker [1969]" Katherine Mansfield. "The Voyage [1922]." Ambrose Bierce. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge [1890]." BEYOND THE CANON John Mandeville. Voyages [c. 1360]. 1705.