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* '''Time:''' Di 14-16
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* '''Lecturers:''' [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]], [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]]
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==Written Test 2008==
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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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Follow this link for a preview of the complex question and other information on the [[Written Test 2008]]
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*Click [[2007-08 BM1: Session 1|here]] for further information about this course and its portfolio requirements.
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*Tutorials: [[2007-08 BM1 Tutorials]]
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==Schedule==
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&mdash; Different views on the periodization of literature.
 
&mdash; Different views on the periodization of literature.
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Samuel Madden, ''Memoirs of the Twentieth Century'' (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"|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.
 
&mdash; What the term literature meant in Defoe's days and how our modern meaning of the word developed.
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|''Memoirs of Literature containing a weekly account of the state of learning'' (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]<hr>
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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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''The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature'' (1774). [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=0393700301&SU=All&c=1&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=DateAscend&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW112248153&b0=modern+dictionary+of+the+arts+and+sciences&tiPG=1 ECCO]
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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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Literature:<br>
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Olaf Simons, A short history of the literary debate (2001), [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/simons/marteaus-europa/085-set.html Anglistik Oldenburg]
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|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.
 
&mdash; The complex discourse about literature: literary histories, national philologies and an exchange supported by the media.
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Pierre-Daniel Huet, ''The history of romances'' [1670] (1715 [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=0143100500&SU=All&c=2&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=DateAscend&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW110602030&b0=huet&tiPG=1 ECCO], [[Pierre Daniel Huet, Traitté de l’origine des romans (1670)|Anglistik Oldenburg]]).<hr>
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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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Hyppolite Taine, ''Introduction to the History of English Literature'' (1863). [http://www.bartleby.com/39/46.html Bartleby]
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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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On Huet's ''Treatise'' [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitt%C3%A9_de_l%27origine_des_romans de.wikipedia]
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|''Beowulf'' (composed c. 750/ manuscript source c. 1010) [http://www.heorot.dk/beo-ru.html Benjamin Slade's edition]<hr> Sir Thomas Malory, ''Le Morte Darthur'' (1471/1485) [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=22102180&FILE=../session/1188480744_15972&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=25050&PAGENO=1&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=config.cfg&DISPLAY=ALPHA&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO], [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1485-morte-darthur.html Marteau]
 
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<hr>Jehan de Mandeville, ''Voyages'' (c.1370/ printed edition 1496 [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99855799&FILE=../session/1188484332_18760&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=21302&PAGENO=1&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=config.cfg&DISPLAY=ALPHA&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]/ 1705 [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?vrsn=1.0&dd=0&locID=bis&b1=KE&srchtp=b&d1=0400800700&SU=All&c=6&ste=10&d4=0.33&stp=DateAscend&dc=tiPG&n=10&docNum=CW101559081&b0=mandeville&tiPG=1 ECCO]).
 
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&mdash; The "rise of the novel".
 
&mdash; The "rise of the novel".
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Geoffrey Chaucer ''Canterbury Tales'' (1386-1400). [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-old?id=Cha2Can&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public Virginia e-text] (you may try to read the [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-old?id=Cha2Can&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&tag=public&part=33&division=div1 Shipman's tale] with a [http://www.librarius.com/canttran/shiptale/shiptale001-019.htm translation into modern English])<hr>
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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). [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]
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[[Daniel DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719)|Daniel DeFoe, ''Robinson Crusoe'' (1719).]]
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&mdash; The order of Fictions
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|[[George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871-1872)|George Eliot, ''Middlemarch'' (1871-1872).]]
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&mdash; The modern novel, a field of intense debate
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|William Congreve, ''The Country Wife'' (1675). [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=12738515&FILE=../session/1188896327_12749&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=93051&PAGENO=1&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=config.cfg&DISPLAY=ALPHA&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= ECCO]<hr>
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Edward Bond, ''Saved'' (1965)
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T. S. Eliot, ''The Waste Land'' (1922). [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land Wikisource]
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&mdash; What is literature? Different debates and different answers.
 
&mdash; What is literature? Different debates and different answers.
 
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&mdash; Debate or field of learning?
 
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==Portfolio Requirements==
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The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:
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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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:*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]]
 
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[[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]].

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Schedule

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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.

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