2018-19 AM Excavation Sites: Archaeology in/and Literature from Ozymandias to Ondaatje
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- NEW Time: Thu, 8-10am
- NEW Venue: xxx
- Course: 3.02.151
- Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
- Modul: ang615 Motifs - Themes - Issues (and their Media)
- Course Description:
In this seminar, we will explore the intersections between archaeology and literature with a focus on the young science's representation in works of fiction and poetry from the early 19C until today. We will read poems by P.B. Shelley, D.G. Rossetti, and Thomas Hardy; excerpts from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Barry Unsworth's historical fiction, and Deborah Levy's short fiction; as well as longer narrative texts by H. Rider Haggard, Agatha Christie, and Michael Ondaatje. Topics will include archaeological sites home & abroad, archaeology & empire, archaeology & gender, archaeology & mystery, archaeology as a metaphor (e.g. excavating deep psychological structures), amateur vs. professional archaeology, and the archaeologist as a fictional character.
Please, buy and read the following novels:
- H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines. 1885. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2016. [978-0198722953]
- Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia. 1936. HarperCollins, 2016. [978-0008164874]
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost. 2000. London: Vintage, 2011. [978-0099554455]
PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop.
- Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP. There will be a Handapparat in our library.
- Course Requirements
- Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), with based on the topic of the seminar.
- As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation:
Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten - regelmäßige Anwesenheit: max. 3 Abwesenheiten und gegebenenfalls Nacharbeit - Vor- und Nachbereitung des Seminarstoffs (Expertengruppen, Vorbereitung/Lektüre von Texten) - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch: *Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und *(falls HA schriftlich, falls P+Ausarbeitung mündlich als Teil der Präsentation) Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten), Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis xx), Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung).
Contents
- 1 Session 1: 17.10.2017
- 2 Session 2: 24.10.2017
- 3 Session 3: 31.10.2017
- 4 Session 4: 07.11.2017
- 5 Session 5: 14.11.2017
- 6 Session 6: 21.11.2017
- 7 Session 7: 28.11.2017
- 8 Session 8: 05.12.2017
- 9 Session 9: 12.12.2017
- 10 Session 10: 19.12.2017
- 11 Session 11: 09.01.2018
- 12 Session 12: 16.01.2018
- 13 Session 13: 23.01.2018
- 14 Session 14: 30.01.2018
- 15 Materials
- 16 Links
Session 1: 17.10.2017
- Course syllabus, requirements, etc.
- Introduction
Session 2: 24.10.2017
Session 3: 31.10.2017
Session 4: 07.11.2017
Session 5: 14.11.2017
Session 6: 21.11.2017
Session 7: 28.11.2017
Session 8: 05.12.2017
Session 9: 12.12.2017
Session 10: 19.12.2017
Session 11: 09.01.2018
Session 12: 16.01.2018
Session 13: 23.01.2018
- Final Discussion
- evaluation
[Hand in RPOs until xx at the latest]
Session 14: 30.01.2018
- discussion of RPOs
- feedback on evaluation
[Hand in research papers until 15 March]
Materials
Tools
- Handout Literature & Representation
- Handout: Narratology
- Handout: Traditions in our discourse about literature
- Handout: (Non-)literary texts
- Handout: Excerpt