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==Course Outline==
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* '''Time:''' Di 14-16
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* '''Place:''' A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2)
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* '''Lecturers:''' [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]], [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]]
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:*'''Tutors:''' [[User:Florian Gubisch|Florian Gubisch]], [[User:Katrin Ischebeck|Katrin Ischebeck]], [[User:Christina Stindl|Christina Stindl]]
  
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==Written Test 2008==
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Follow this link for a preview of the complex question and other information on the [[Written Test 2008]]
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==Schedule==
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*To get through to the EEBO and ECCO-links on this page you have to either use a campus login or your ''national license'' - if you have not got one you can get your registration at the Göttingen SUB. Click [http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ssg-nl-reg/ here] to register.
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Course Outline.
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Course Outline.
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 1|Session 1]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Oct. 30, 2007
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Invention of History<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Invention of History<br>
&mdash; different views on the periodization of literature.
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&mdash; Different views on the periodization of literature.
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Samuel Madden, ''Memoirs of the Twentieth Century'' (London, 1733). [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=0497900500&SU=All&c=6&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=Author&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW101860441&b0=madden%2C+samuel&tiPG=1 ECCO]
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[[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987)]]<hr>
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[[William Salmon, The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694 (1694)|William Salmon, ''The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694'' (1694).]]<hr>
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[[John Goldsmith, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC. (1800)|John Goldsmith, ''An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC.'' (1800).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 2|Session 2]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 6, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 6, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Rise of Literature, Part I<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Rise of Literature, Part I<br>
&mdash; what the term literature meant in Defoe's days and how our modern meaning of the word developed.
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&mdash; What the term literature meant in Defoe's days and how our modern meaning of the word developed.
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Journal ''Memoirs of Literature'' (1711). [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=1293000201&SU=All&c=6&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=Author&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW117345912&b0=memoirs+of+literature&tiPG=1 ECCO]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[Aristotle, Poetics (350 BC)|Aristotle, ''The Art of Poetry'' [c. 350 BC] (1705)]]<hr>
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[[Pierre Daniel Huet, Traitté de l’origine des romans (1670)|Pierre-Daniel Huet, ''The history of romances'' (1670)]]<hr>
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[[The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature (1774)|''The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature'' (1774).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 3|Session 3]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 13, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Rise of Literature, Part II<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|The Rise of Literature, Part II<br>
&mdash; the complex discourse about literature: literary histories, national philologies and an exchange supported by the media.
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&mdash; The complex discourse about literature: literary histories, national philologies and an exchange supported by the media.
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Hyppolite Taine's History of English Literature (1865)
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[Hippolyte Taine, Histoire de la littérature anglaise (1863)|Hippolyte Taine, ''Introduction to the History of English Literature'' (1863).]]<hr>
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[[Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1485)|Sir Thomas Malory, ''Le Morte Darthur'' [1471] (1485).]] Esp.: Caxton's preface and book 5
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 4|Session 4]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 20, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part I<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part I<br>
&mdash; from ''Beowulf'' to Malory's ''La More Darthur'' (1485)<br>
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&mdash; The "rise of the novel".
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|''Beowulf''
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)|Geoffrey Chaucer, ''Canterbury Tales'' (1387-1400).]] Esp.: General Prologue and Shipman's Tale<hr>
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[[Daniel DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719)|Daniel DeFoe, ''Robinson Crusoe'' (1719).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 5|Session 5]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part II<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part II<br>
&mdash; the “rise of the novel”.
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&mdash; The order of Fictions
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Daniel Defoe, ''Robinson Crusoe'' (1719). [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=0653600100&SU=All&c=5&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=DateAscend&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW113746641&b0=Robinson+crusoe&tiPG=1 ECCO] [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1719-robinson-crusoe.html Marteau html-text]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871-1872)|George Eliot, ''Middlemarch'' (1871-1872).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 6|Session 6]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Dec. 4, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Dec. 4, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part III<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part III<br>
&mdash; the modern novel, a field of intense debate
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&mdash; The modern novel, a field of intense debate
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Salman Rushdie, ''Satanic Verses'' (1988).
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988)|Salman Rushdie, ''Satanic Verses'' (1988).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Dec. 11, 2007
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Drama, Part I<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Drama, Part I<br>
&mdash; from the middle ages to Shakespeare
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&mdash; From the middle ages to Shakespeare
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|William Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' (1603). [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846524&FILE=../session/1188476924_15773&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11497&PAGENO=1&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=config.cfg&DISPLAY=ALPH&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO] [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1603-hamlet.html Marteau html-text]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[William Shakespeare, King Lear (1606)|William Shakespeare, ''King Lear'' (1606).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 8|Session 8]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Dec. 18, 2007
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Drama, Part II<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Drama, Part II<br>
&mdash; from the restoration to the present.
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&mdash; From the restoration to the present.
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Edward Bond ''Saved'' (1965)
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[William Wycherley, The Country Wife (1675)|William Wycherley, ''The Country Wife'' (1675).]]<hr>
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[[Edward Bond, Saved (1965)|Edward Bond, ''Saved'' (1965)]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 9|Session 9]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Poetry<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Poetry<br>
&mdash; once a broad field comrising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature.
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&mdash; Once a broad field comprising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature.
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|T. S. Eliot, ''The Waste Land'' (1922).
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[William Blake, Jerusalem (1804)|William Blake, ''Jerusalem'' (1804).]]<hr>
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[[T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922)|T. S. Eliot, ''The Waste Land'' (1922).]]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[2007-08 BM1: Session 10|Session 10]]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Literary Theory, Part I<br>
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Literary Theory, Part I<br>
&mdash; the development of literature.
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&mdash; What is literature? Different debates and different answers.
 
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&mdash; the ongoing and open discussion
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&mdash; Debate or field of learning?
 
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==Recommended Reading==
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==Portfolio Requirements==
  
* Olaf Simons, ''Marteaus Europa oder der Roman, bevor der Literatur wurde'' (Amsterdam, 2001) [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/simons/marteaus-europa.html link] for a short history of our concept of literature]
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The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:
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*Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 1 -- 3 KP:
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:*1 Übungsblatt mit [[Exzerpt eines primär- und eines Sekundärtexts (unbenotet)]] -- date due: January 15, 2008
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:*1 Written Test (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) -- January 22, 2008.
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*Portfolio requirements for BM1, Teil 2 -- 3 KP:
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:*3 textanalytische Aufgaben (benotet, 40% der Modulnote) (Week 4, 7, and 10 of term)
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:*1 Research Paper Outline (benotet, 20% der Modulnote) (date due: August 15, 2008 [Winter Term: March 1, 2008].
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Click [[2007-08 BM1: Session 1|here]] for further information about the structure of this course and the portfolio requirements.
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We created a [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|special page]] to reflect what we are aiming at - with this course and the studies in literature we offer at the university of Oldenburg.
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==Tutorials==
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The tutorials have their own page at [[2007-08 BM1 Tutorials]]
  
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
[[Category:Winter 2007-2008|2008-1]]
 
[[Category:Winter 2007-2008|2008-1]]
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==Fragen und Antworten aus dem Tutorium==
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ich schiebe die Debatte mal rüber auf die [[Talk:2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1|Diskussionsseite]].

Latest revision as of 14:05, 15 January 2008

Written Test 2008

Follow this link for a preview of the complex question and other information on the Written Test 2008


Schedule

  • To get through to the EEBO and ECCO-links on this page you have to either use a campus login or your national license - if you have not got one you can get your registration at the Göttingen SUB. Click here to register.


Session Date Topic Reading Presentation
1 Oct. 23, 2007 Course Outline. Session 1
2 Oct. 30, 2007 The Invention of History

— Different views on the periodization of literature.

Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)
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.

Aristotle, The Art of Poetry [c. 350 BC] (1705)
Pierre-Daniel Huet, The history of romances (1670)

The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature (1774).

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).

Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur [1471] (1485). 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 (1387-1400). Esp.: General Prologue and Shipman's Tale

Daniel DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719).

Session 5
6 Nov. 27, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part II

— The order of Fictions

George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871-1872). 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 (1606). Session 8
9 Dec. 18, 2007 Drama, Part II

— From the restoration to the present.

William Wycherley, The Country Wife (1675).

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).

T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922).

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:
  • 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

Fragen und Antworten aus dem Tutorium

ich schiebe die Debatte mal rüber auf die Diskussionsseite.