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'''Please note''' that this page represents last year's curriculum and functions as a rough guide to the next course mainly. Esp. dates and selection of texts may change.  
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'''Please note''' that this academic year we will begin with the parallel courses (former Part II, now Part I) in the winter term and proceed with the lecture (former Part I, now Part II) in the summer term. It is not important which part of BM 1 you study first - as long as you study both.
  
 
See also: [[BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|BM1:Curriculum]] for more information about what the BM1 wants to achieve and the specific course requirements.
 
See also: [[BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|BM1:Curriculum]] for more information about what the BM1 wants to achieve and the specific course requirements.
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*3.02.011 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course A - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Di 10-12 - A1 0-004
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*3.02.011 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course A - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Di 10-12 - A1 0-004
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*3.02.012 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course B - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] Mi 12-14 - A1 0-009
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*3.02.012 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course B - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] Mi 12-14 - A1 0-009
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*3.02.013 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course C - [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] - Di 14-16 - A07 0-030 (HS G)
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*3.02.013 [[2008-09 BM1-C&D Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1|Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course C]] - [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] - Di 14-16 - A07 0-030 (HS G)
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*3.02.014 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course D - [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] - Mo 10-12 - A06 0-001
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*3.02.014 [[2008-09 BM1-C&D Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1|Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course D]] - [[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] - Mo 10-12 - A06 0-001
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*(3.02.015 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course E - [[User:Annika McPherson|Annika McPherson]] - Fr 14-16 - A06 0-001)
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*3.02.015 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course E - [[User:Annika McPherson|Annika McPherson]] - Fr 14-16 - A06 0-001
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*(3.02.016 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course F - [[User:Annika McPherson|Annika McPherson]] - Fr 12-14 - A01 0-006)
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*3.02.017 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 1 - Course F - [[User:Katharina Schneider|Katharina Schneider]] - Blockseminar
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*3.02.017 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Part 2 - Course F - [[User:Katharina Schneider|Katharina Schneider]] - Blockseminar, '''nur für Studierende ab dem 2.
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*3.02.019 Tutorien
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:*Hannah Treffert: Di 8 - 10, A04 4-411 (starts Oct 28)
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*3.02.019 Tutorien - 2 N.N.
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:*Soeren Koopmann: Do 8 - 10, A01 0-004 (starts Oct 30)
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:*Sarina Lal: Fr 10 - 12, A13 0-027 (starts Oct 31)
  
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The first part of the Basismodul focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering five parallel courses (supported by tutorials). Please make sure that you are registered under ONE of these in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
  
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The first part of the Basismodul focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering five parallel courses (supported by tutorials). Please make sure that you are registered under one of these in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
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All parallel courses have a common structure. The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice. You will find information relating to your course under the individual course number and lecturer.
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All parallel courses have a common structure. The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice. You will find information relating to your course under the individual course number and lecturer.  
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The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.
 
The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.
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Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below) and as a master copy at Wersig. In addition you will need to purchase two books.
 
Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below) and as a master copy at Wersig. In addition you will need to purchase two books.
  
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[[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|Course work]]: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (in week 4, 7 and 11 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (due March 06 2009). The assignments are limited to a max. of 2-3 pages of text, formatted according to the [[Literary Studies:Style sheet|style sheet]], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).
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'''Courses A-E''':
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*William Shakespeare. ''The Tempest'' [1611]. Ed. Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. London: Arden (3rd Series), 2000.
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*Joseph Conrad. ''Heart of Darkness'' [1899]. Eds. Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson, and J.H. Stape. London: Penguin Classics, 2007.
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'''Course F''':
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*William Shakespeare. ''Othello'' [1603]. Ed. E.A.J. Honigmann. London: Arden (3rd Series), 1996.
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*Joseph Conrad. ''Heart of Darkness'' [1899]. Eds. Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson, and J.H. Stape. London: Penguin Classics, 2007.
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[[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|Course work]]: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (in session 6, 10 and 13 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (due 02.03.09). The assignments are limited to a max. of 2-3 pages of text, formatted according to the [[Literary Studies:Style sheet|style sheet]], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).
  
 
Tutorials will help you to practise your analysis skills and support you in doing your assignments and Research Paper Outline.
 
Tutorials will help you to practise your analysis skills and support you in doing your assignments and Research Paper Outline.
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__TOC__
 
__TOC__
  
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==Session 14-Oct: A Poem==
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==Session One, Oct 13-17: Literature and Education==
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'''Welcome'''
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*Introduction to the [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|BM 1 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]]
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*Introduction to the BM 1 Programme
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/bm1_poetry_reader.pdf Poetry Reader] includes:
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[[Blake, Jerusalem (1804)]]
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#Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" (1899)
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#[[Langston Hughes, I, Too (1925)|Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1925)]]
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#[[Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)]]
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#John Donne: “Holy Sonnet XIV” (1633)
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#John Milton: “Sonnet VII” (1645)
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#John Milton: “Sonnet XIX” (1673)
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#Stevie Smith: “The Galloping Cat”
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Preliminaries for seminar communication.
  
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Group work with presentations:
 
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# What is poetic about this poem?
 
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# What are the themes of the poem?
 
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# What historical contexts?
 
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# What is its cultural significance (then and later/now)?
 
  
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Seminar discussion: What discourses did you employ? What traditions do they belong to? How does this relate back to the lecture of the Winter Term? Survey of the coming term.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/a/a4/20060822115324%21McKinleyPhilippinesCartoon.jpg
  
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==Session 21-Oct: Poetry and Poetics==
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source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:McKinleyPhilippinesCartoon.jpg Wikipedia]
  
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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==Session Two, Oct 20-24: Poetry 1==
  
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'''Analytical Tools'''
 
* Handout [[Analysing Poetry 1]]
 
* Handout [[Analysing Poetry 1]]
 
* Sources: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1975_culler__structuralist_poetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
 
* Sources: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1975_culler__structuralist_poetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
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*Poetry Reader
  
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*[[Sir Philip Sidney, Not at first sight (1591)|Sir Philip Sidney, "Not at first sight" from ''Astrophil and Stella'']]
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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*[[Sir Philip Sidney, Loving in Truth (1591)|Sir Philip Sidney, "Loving in Truth" from ''Astrophil and Stella'']]
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*[[William Percy, Sonnet II (1594)|William Percy, "Sonnet II" from ''Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia'']]
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*[[William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXX (1609)|William Shakespeare, "Sonnet CXXX" from ''The Sonnets'']]
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*[[William Wordsworth, Scorn Not the Sonnet (1827)|William Wordsworth, "Scorn Not the Sonnet"]]
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*[[Walt Whitman, One’s  Self I Sing (1867)|Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing"]]
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*[[Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Sonnet (1880)|Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Sonnet" from ''The House of Life'']]
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*[[Christina Rossetti, I wish I could remember (1881)|Christina Rossetti, "I wish I could remember" from ''A Pageant and Other Poems'']]
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*[[Langston Hughes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1921)|Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"]]
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*[[Langston Hughes, I, Too (1925)|Langston Hughes, "I, Too"]]
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*[[Emily Dickinson, This was a Poet (1929)|Emily Dickinson, "This was a Poet"]]
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*[[Edward Estlin Cummings, Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind (1944)|e.e. cummings, "pity this busy monster, manunkind"]]
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Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns.
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1700_telemachus.pdf The Adventures of Telemachus (1700)]
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==Session Three, Oct 27-30: Poetry 2==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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* Handout [[Analysing Poetry 1]]
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* Sources: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1975_culler__structuralist_poetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
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'''Texts'''
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*Poetry Reader
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.
 
Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.
  
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==Session 28-Oct: Poetry and Poetics: Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language==
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==Session Four, Nov 3-7: Poetry 3==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 47-60]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 47-60]
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1969_leech__poetry.pdf Leech, 147-157]  
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1969_leech__poetry.pdf Leech, 147-157]
 
*Handout: [[Figurative Speech]]
 
*Handout: [[Figurative Speech]]
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
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*Poetry Reader
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*[[George Herbert, The Deniall (1633)|George Herbert. "The Deniall"]] ''The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations''. University of Cambridge, T. Buck and R. Daniel, 1633.
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'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects).  
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Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects).
  
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       [[BM1 Poetry-Assignment, 2008|Assignment I: Poetry (Due: 04-Nov)]]
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       [[2008-09 BM1 Assignment 1: Poetry|Assignment I: Poetry (Due: Session 6)]]
  
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==Session 04-Nov: Rhetoric==
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==Session Five, Nov 10-14: Drama 1==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1979_plett__einfuehrung.pdf Plett 3-22, 102-105]  
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1979_plett__einfuehrung.pdf Plett 3-22, 102-105]
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*[[Plett, Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse, Hamburg 1971|Excerpt from Plett]]
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*[[Heinrich F. Plett, Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse (1971)|Excerpt from Plett]]
 
*Handout: [[Rhetoric]]
 
*Handout: [[Rhetoric]]
  
 
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623) [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846615&FILE=../session/1207590341_11710&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11596&PAGENO=427&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]
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*Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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A speech from the Shakespeare play [assignment 1 due]
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A speech from the Shakespeare play
  
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==Session 11-Nov: Drama: Dramatic Structures==
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==Session Six, Nov 17-21: Drama 2==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
  
 
[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_pfister__drama.pdf Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147]
 
[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_pfister__drama.pdf Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147]
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[[Pfister, Das Drama, München 1977|Excerpt from Pfister]]
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[[Manfred Pfister, Das Drama (1977)|Excerpt from Pfister]]
  
 
Handout: [[Analysing Dramatic Communication]]
 
Handout: [[Analysing Dramatic Communication]]
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623) [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846615&FILE=../session/1207590341_11710&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11596&PAGENO=427&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]
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*Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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Exposition [assignment 1 returned]
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Dramatic Structures and Communication, Exposition [assignment 1 due]
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==Session Seven, Nov 24-28: Drama 3==
  
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==Session 18-Nov: Drama: Dramatic Communication==
 
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
  
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[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_pfister__drama.pdf Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147]
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[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_pfister__drama.pdf Pfister 183 - 195]
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[[Pfister, Das Drama, München 1977|Excerpt from Pfister]]
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Handout: [[Analysing Dramatic Communication]]
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623) [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846615&FILE=../session/1207590341_11710&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11596&PAGENO=427&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]
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*Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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==Session 25-Nov: Drama: Characters and Genre Aspects==
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Characters and Genre Aspects
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==Session Eight, Dec 1-5: Literary Theory==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1993_pfister__drama.pdf Pfister 183 - 195]
 
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1976_greenblatt_learning_to_curse.pdf Greenblatt, Stephen Jay. "Learning to Curse: Aspects of Linguistic Colonialism in the Sixteenth Century." ''First Images of America: The Impact of the New World on the Old''. Ed. Fredi Chiappelli. Berkeley: U of California P, 1976. Vol.2. 561-80.]
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623) [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99846615&FILE=../session/1207590341_11710&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=11596&PAGENO=427&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]
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:*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/bm1-lit-theory-timeline-1.pdf bm1-lit-theory-timeline-1.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
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:*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/bm1-lit-theory-timeline-1a.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements, Variety A]
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:*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/bm1-lit-theory-timeline-2.pdf bm1-lit-theory-timeline-2.pdf] and
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:*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/2007-02-06/2007-20c-lit-hist.html Theory and the Wider Market of Debates - A First Draft]
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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      Assignment II: Drama (Due: Dec 02)
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Postcolonial Studies
  
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==Session 02-Dec: Drama and Fiction==
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      [[2008-09 BM1 Assignment 2: Drama|Assignment II: Drama (Due: Dec 19)]]
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==Session Nine, Dec 9: Film Screening==
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[[Francis Ford Coppola (dir.), Apocalypse Now (1979 film)]]
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:*Venue: A14 1-101 (Hörsaal 1)
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==Session Ten, Dec 15-19: Film Analysis==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1705_aristotle__poetry_dacier.pdf Aristotle, The Art of Poetry, trans. Dacier (1705)]
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*[[Pierre Daniel Huet, Traitté de l’origine des romans (1670)|Pierre Daniel Huet, Traitté de l’origine des romans (1670)]]
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* Handout: [[Film Analysis]]
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*[[Boileau, Art of Poetry (1687)|Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, ''Art of Poetry'' (1687)]]
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* David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
  
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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*Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now (1979)
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* Essay on Apocalypse Now in: Moore, Gene M., ''Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: a Casebook'', place: publ., 183-196.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis.
  
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==Session 09-Dec: Fiction 1==
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[assignment 2 due]
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  Übungsblatt (practice sheet on research techniques) deadline: first session in January!
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==Session Eleven, Jan 5-9: Fiction 1==
  
 
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*Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899)
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
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Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned]
 
Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned]
  
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==Session 16-Dec: Fiction 2==
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      [[2008-09 BM1 Assignment 3: Fiction|Assignment III: Fiction (Due: Session 13)]]
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==Session Twelve, Jan 12-16: Fiction 2==
  
 
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'''Texts'''
 
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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*Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899)
  
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===Film showing: Dec 16, 2008===
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==Session Thirteen, Jan 19-23: Beyond the Literary Text or Recapitulation==
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Watch [[David Fincher (dir.), Fight Club (1999 film)|Fight Club]] with your peers and teachers
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==Session 06-Jan: Film==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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* Handout: [[Film Analysis]]
 
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* David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)
 
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1978_achebe_an_image_of_africa.pdf Achebe, Chinua. "An Image of Africa." ''Research in African Literatures'' 9.1. Special Issue on Literary Criticism. (Spring, 1978): 1-15.]
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*David Fincher, Fight Club (1999)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis.
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Literary Analysis and non-literary materials,
  
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==Session 13-Jan: Film==
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[assignment 3 due]
  
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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==Session Fourteen, Jan 26-30: Term Paper Projects==
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* Handout: [[Film Analysis]]
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 3 March 2009

Please note that this academic year we will begin with the parallel courses (former Part II, now Part I) in the winter term and proceed with the lecture (former Part I, now Part II) in the summer term. It is not important which part of BM 1 you study first - as long as you study both.

See also: BM1:Curriculum for more information about what the BM1 wants to achieve and the specific course requirements.

  • Hannah Treffert: Di 8 - 10, A04 4-411 (starts Oct 28)
  • Soeren Koopmann: Do 8 - 10, A01 0-004 (starts Oct 30)
  • Sarina Lal: Fr 10 - 12, A13 0-027 (starts Oct 31)

The first part of the Basismodul focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering five parallel courses (supported by tutorials). Please make sure that you are registered under ONE of these in Stud.IP and open a wiki account which will enable you to participate in online discussions.

All parallel courses have a common structure. The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice. You will find information relating to your course under the individual course number and lecturer.

The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.

Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below) and as a master copy at Wersig. In addition you will need to purchase two books.

Courses A-E:

  • William Shakespeare. The Tempest [1611]. Ed. Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. London: Arden (3rd Series), 2000.
  • Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness [1899]. Eds. Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson, and J.H. Stape. London: Penguin Classics, 2007.

Course F:

  • William Shakespeare. Othello [1603]. Ed. E.A.J. Honigmann. London: Arden (3rd Series), 1996.
  • Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness [1899]. Eds. Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson, and J.H. Stape. London: Penguin Classics, 2007.

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (in session 6, 10 and 13 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (due 02.03.09). The assignments are limited to a max. of 2-3 pages of text, formatted according to the style sheet, and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively. For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).

Tutorials will help you to practise your analysis skills and support you in doing your assignments and Research Paper Outline.

Two useful links for all assignements:


Session One, Oct 13-17: Literature and Education

Welcome

Texts

  1. Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" (1899)
  2. Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1925)
  3. Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)
  4. John Donne: “Holy Sonnet XIV” (1633)
  5. John Milton: “Sonnet VII” (1645)
  6. John Milton: “Sonnet XIX” (1673)
  7. Stevie Smith: “The Galloping Cat”

Skills and Activities Preliminaries for seminar communication.


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Session Two, Oct 20-24: Poetry 1

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Poetry Reader

Skills and Activities

Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns.

Session Three, Oct 27-30: Poetry 2

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Poetry Reader

Skills and Activities

Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.

Session Four, Nov 3-7: Poetry 3

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Poetry Reader

Skills and Activities

Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects). 

     Assignment I: Poetry (Due: Session 6)

Session Five, Nov 10-14: Drama 1

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play

Session Six, Nov 17-21: Drama 2

Analytical Tools

Pfister 49 - 57, 86 - 94, 126 - 147 Excerpt from Pfister

Handout: Analysing Dramatic Communication

Texts

  • Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication, Exposition [assignment 1 due]

Session Seven, Nov 24-28: Drama 3

Analytical Tools

Pfister 183 - 195

Texts

  • Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611)

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects

Session Eight, Dec 1-5: Literary Theory

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities

Postcolonial Studies 

     Assignment II: Drama (Due: Dec 19)

Session Nine, Dec 9: Film Screening

Francis Ford Coppola (dir.), Apocalypse Now (1979 film)

  • Venue: A14 1-101 (Hörsaal 1)
  • Time: 19.45 - 22.15 h

Session Ten, Dec 15-19: Film Analysis

Analytical Tools

  • Handout: Film Analysis
  • David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)

Texts

  • Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Essay on Apocalypse Now in: Moore, Gene M., Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: a Casebook, place: publ., 183-196.

Skills and Activities

Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis.

[assignment 2 due] 

 Übungsblatt (practice sheet on research techniques) deadline: first session in January!

Session Eleven, Jan 5-9: Fiction 1

Analytical Tools

Rimmon-Kenan 72-86

Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan

Handout: Narratology

Texts

  • Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899)

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned] 

      Assignment III: Fiction (Due: Session 13)

Session Twelve, Jan 12-16: Fiction 2

Analytical Tools

Rimmon-Kenan 59-71

Handout: Narratology

Texts

  • Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899)

Session Thirteen, Jan 19-23: Beyond the Literary Text or Recapitulation

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities

Literary Analysis and non-literary materials,

[assignment 3 due]

Session Fourteen, Jan 26-30: Term Paper Projects

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects [assignment 3 returned] 

     Assignment 4: Term Paper Projects (Due: 02.03.09)

Further Reading

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