2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1

Course Outline

Session	Date	Topic	Presentation
1	Oct. 23, 2007	Course Outline.
2	Oct. 30, 2007	The Rise of Literature I - A Discourse which Appropriated other Discourses. Not synonyms: The terms "literature", "belles letters", "poesy" and "fiction" (focussing on developments of the 17th and 18th centuries).	presentation further reading
3	Nov. 6, 2007	The Rise of Literature II - The Success of the Pluralistic National Discourse: From early histories of poesy to modern histories of literature (focussing on developments of the 19th and 20th centuries)	presentation
4	Nov. 13, 2007	Tutorial Sessions
5	Nov. 20, 2007	Models for the Periodization of Literature - How the past was constructed in literary history.	presentation further reading
6	Nov. 27, 2007	The Definition of Genres I - Poets and the Art of Poetry	presentation
7	Dec. 4, 2007	The Definition of Genres II - Dramatic Theory and Theatrical Practice	presentation
8	Dec. 11, 2007	The Definition of Genres III - Fiction and the Book Market	presentation further reading
9	Dec. 18, 2007	The Satanic Verses (1988) - Case study of the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel.	presentation
10	Jan. 8, 2008	Communication, Literary and Non-Literary - A Recapitulation	presentation
11	Jan. 15, 2008	Tutorial Sessions	materials
12	Jan. 22, 2008	Written Test	test
13	Jan. 29, 2008	Feedback on Test and Look Ahead	course evaluation
14	Feb. 5, 2008	Conclusion: Literature - the Ongoing Open Discussion Recent Trends in literary theory from poststructuralism to the present.	presentation