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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Oct. 30, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Oct. 30, 2007
 
|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]
 
|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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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 6, 2007
 
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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.
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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]
 
|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" nowrap|Sec.Lit.: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/simons/marteaus-europa.html O. Simons (2001), p.85-95.]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 13, 2007
 
|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, ''Introduction to the History of English Literature'' (1863). [http://www.bartleby.com/39/46.html Bartleby]
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Hyppolite Taine, ''Introduction to the History of English Literature'' (1863). [http://www.bartleby.com/39/46.html Bartleby]
 
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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 20, 2007
 
|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'' (750/1010) to Malory's ''La More Darthur'' (1485)<br>
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&mdash; From ''Beowulf'' (750/1010) to Malory's ''La More Darthur'' (1485)<br>
 
|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]
 
|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]
<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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<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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|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 27, 2007
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left" nowrap|Nov. 27, 2007
 
|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 "rise of the novel".
 
|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]
 
|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]
 
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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).
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Salman Rushdie, ''Satanic Verses'' (1988).
 
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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]
 
|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]
 
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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)
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|Edward Bond, ''Saved'' (1965)
 
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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 comrising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature.
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|T. S. Eliot, ''The Waste Land'' (1922). [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land Wikisource]
 
|bgcolor="#efefef" valign="top" align="left"|T. S. Eliot, ''The Waste Land'' (1922). [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land Wikisource]
 
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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; The development of literature.
 
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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 ongoing and open discussion
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&mdash; The ongoing and open discussion
 
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==Recommended Reading==
 
 
* 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]
 
  
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
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[[Category:Winter 2007-2008|2008-1]]
 
[[Category:Winter 2007-2008|2008-1]]

Revision as of 17:29, 30 August 2007

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

— Different views on the periodization of literature.

Samuel Madden, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (London, 1733). ECCO
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.

The Journal Memoirs of Literature (1711). ECCO Sec.Lit.: O. Simons (2001), p.85-95.
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.

Hyppolite Taine, Introduction to the History of English Literature (1863). Bartleby
5 Nov. 20, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part I

— From Beowulf (750/1010) to Malory's La More Darthur (1485)

Beowulf (composed c. 750/ manuscript source c. 1010) Benjamin Slade's edition
Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1471/1485) EEBO, Marteau
Jehan de Mandeville, Voyages (c.1370/ printed edition 1496 EEBO/ 1705 ECCO).
6 Nov. 27, 2007 Epic Poetry, Dubious History and the Novel, Part II

— The "rise of the novel".

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719). ECCO, Marteau
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).
8 Dec. 11, 2007 Drama, Part I

— From the middle ages to Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1603). EEBO, Marteau
9 Dec. 18, 2007 Drama, Part II

— From the restoration to the present.

Edward Bond, Saved (1965)
10 Jan. 8, 2008 Poetry

— Once a broad field comrising epic, drama and smaller genres, today a subsection of literature.

T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922). Wikisource
11 Jan. 15, 2008 Literary Theory, Part I

— The development of literature.

12 Jan. 22, 2008 Written Test
13 Jan. 29, 2008 Feedback on Test and Look Ahead
14 Feb. 5, 2008 Literary Theory, Part I

— The ongoing and open discussion