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# Hugh Trevor-Roper. in ''The Invention of Tradition'' ed. Eric Hobsbawm.
 
# Hugh Trevor-Roper. in ''The Invention of Tradition'' ed. Eric Hobsbawm.
  
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==Tutorials==
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==Further Reading==
 
# 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]]).
 
# 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]]).
 
# ''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]
 
# ''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]
 
# Hyppolite Taine. ''Introduction to the History of English Literature''. 1863. [http://www.bartleby.com/39/46.html Bartleby]
 
# Hyppolite Taine. ''Introduction to the History of English Literature''. 1863. [http://www.bartleby.com/39/46.html Bartleby]
 
# Pat Rogers (ed.). ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' 1987.
 
# Pat Rogers (ed.). ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' 1987.
 
==Tutorials==
 
*The tutorials have their own page at [[2007-08 BM1 Tutorials]]
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:01, 23 October 2007

Schedule


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.

William Salmon, The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694 (1694). EEBO

John Goldsmith, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC. (1800). ECCO.

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.

Pierre-Daniel Huet, The history of romances (1670) 1715 ECCO, this wiki.
The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature (1774). ECCO

Pat Rogers (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1986)

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). Bartleby

Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1471/1485) EEBO, Marteau 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 (1386-1400). [1] esp. General Prologue and Shipman's Tale [2] [3]

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719). ECCO, Marteau

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

— The order of Fictions

George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871/72). 19thNovels.com 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 (1608). EEBO Session 8
9 Dec. 18, 2007 Drama, Part II

— From the restoration to the present.

William Wycherley, The Country Wife (1675). ECCO

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). Anglistik Wiki Oldenburg

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

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
  • 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.

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.

Click here for further information about the structure of this course and the portfolio requirements.

Excerpt

You are expected to read and excerpt at least two titles - one of the first list of fiction and drama and one of the second list of scholarly articles. You are expected to read and excerpt at least two titles - one of the first list of fiction and drama and one of the second list of scholarly articles. Click here for further information on how to write a good excerpt.

Drama and Fiction

  1. Beowulf (composed c. 750/ manuscript source c. 1010) Benjamin Slade's edition
  2. Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales (1386-1400). Virginia e-text (you may try to read the Shipman's tale with a translation into modern English).
  3. Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1471/1485) EEBO, Marteau esp. Caxton's preface and book 5
  4. William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608). EEBO
  5. William Congreve, The Country Wife (1675). ECCO
  6. Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719). ECCO, Marteau
  7. George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871/72). 19thNovels.com
  8. T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922). Wikisource
  9. Edward Bond, Saved (1965)
  10. Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses (1988).

Literary Criticism

  1. Robert Markley. "The Rise of Nothing: " The New Eighteenth Century ed. Martha Nussbaum.
  2. Hugh Trevor-Roper. in The Invention of Tradition ed. Eric Hobsbawm.

Tutorials

Further Reading

  1. Pierre-Daniel Huet. The history of romances. [1670] 1715. ECCO, Anglistik Oldenburg).
  2. The modern dictionary of arts and sciences; or, complete system of literature. 1774. ECCO
  3. Hyppolite Taine. Introduction to the History of English Literature. 1863. Bartleby
  4. Pat Rogers (ed.). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature 1987.