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The second part of the Basismodul focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering seven 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, but each course may differ in emphasis. 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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==08.04.2008==
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The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lectures (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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==15.04.2008==
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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:
  
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==22.04.2008==
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'''William Shakespeare. ''Antony and Cleopatra'' [1623]. Ed. John Wilders. Arden Shakespeare. Third edition, [1995] 2002.'''
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*ISBN 10-190-427101-4 ISBN 13-978-190427101-7
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*ca. 14 EUR at the CvO bookshop
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson. ''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' [1886]. Ed. Katherine B. Linehan. New York: Norton, 2003.'''
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*ISBN 10-039-397465-0 ISBN 13-978-039397465-2
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*ca. 10 EUR at the CvO bookshop
  
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==29.04.2008==
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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 August 15 2008). 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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==06.05.2008==
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Tutorials will help you to practise your analysis skills and support you in doing your assignments and Research Paper Outline.
  
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==13.05.2008==
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*[[2008 BM1T-A Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 2|Florian Gubisch, Mo 18 - 20, A10 1-121a]]
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*[[2008 BM1T-B Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 2|Katrin Ischebeck, Mi  8 - 10, A10 1-121a]]
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*[[2008 BM1T-C Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 2|Christina Stindl, Mi 12 - 14, A10 1-121 (Hörsaal F)]]
  
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==27.05.2008==
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__TOC__
  
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==03.06.2008==
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==Session 08-Apr: A Poem==
  
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==10.06.2008==
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'''Texts'''
  
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==17.06.2008==
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[[Blake, Jerusalem (1804)]]
  
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'''Skills and Activities'''
  
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==24.06.2008==
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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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==01.07.2008==
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==Session 15-Apr: Poetry and Poetics==
  
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'''Analytical Tools'''
  
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==08.07.2008==
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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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*[[Sir Philip Sidney, Not at first sight (1591)|Sir Philip Sidney, "Not at first sight" from ''Astrophil and Stella'']]
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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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'''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
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==Session 22-Apr: Poetry and Poetics: Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language==
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'''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]
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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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*Handout: [[Figurative Speech]]
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'''Texts'''
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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'''
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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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      Assignment I: Poetry (Due: 29-Apr)
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==Session 29-Apr: Rhetoric==
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'''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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*[[Plett, Einführung in die rhetorische Textanalyse, Hamburg 1971|Excerpt from Plett]]
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*Handout: [[Rhetoric]]
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'''Texts'''
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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A speech from the Shakespeare play [assignment 1 due]
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==Session 06-May: Dramatic Structures, Dramatic Communication==
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'''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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[[Pfister, Das Drama, München 1977|Excerpt from Pfister]]
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Handout: [[Analysing Dramatic Communication]]
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'''Texts'''
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Exposition [assignment 1 returned]
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==Session 13-May: Drama: Characters and Genre Aspects==
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'''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]
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'''Texts'''
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*Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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      Assignment II: Drama (Due: May 20)
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==Session 20-May: Drama and Fiction==
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'''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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*[[Boileau, Art of Poetry (1687)|Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, ''Art of Poetry'' (1687)]]
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'''Texts'''
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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An understanding of genres in the context of traditional poetics, and of the transition from poetic genres to literary genres. [assignment 2 due]
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==Session 27-May: Fiction 1==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1983_rimmonkenan__narrative_fiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan 72-86]
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[[Rimmon-Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics, London 1983|Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan]]
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Handout: [[Narratology]]
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'''Texts'''
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned]
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==Session 03-June: Fiction 2==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1983_rimmonkenan__narrative_fiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan 59-71]
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Handout: [[Narratology]]
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'''Texts'''
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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==Session 10-June: Fiction 3==
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'''Close Reading'''
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'''Texts'''
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*Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
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      Assignment III: Fiction (Due: 17-June)
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==Session 17-June: Film==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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* Handout: [[Film Analysis]]
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* David Bordwell et al.; Korte, Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse (2000)
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'''Texts'''
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*David Fincher, Fight Club (1999)
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [assignment 3 due]
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==Session 24-June: Beyond the Canon 1==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
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*[[Mandeville, Voyages (1705)|John Mandeville, ''Voyages'' [c. 1360] (1705)]]
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*[[Sardar and Van Loon, Cultural Studies (1999)|Ziauddin Sardar and Borin Van Loon, ''Introducing Cultural Studies'' (Cambridge: Icon Books, 1999), 106-109.]]
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Literary Analysis and non-literary materials, [assignment 3 returned]
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==Session 01-July: Beyond the Canon 2==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
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[[Toni Hagen, Afoot in Roadless Nepal (1960)]]
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Literary Analysis and non-literary materials
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==Session 08-July: Term Paper Projects==
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'''Skills and Activities'''
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Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects
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      Term Paper Projects (Due: Aug 15)
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[[Category:Basismodul]]
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[[Category:Summer 2008|2008-2]]

Revision as of 15:39, 15 February 2008

The second part of the Basismodul focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering seven 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, but each course may differ in emphasis. 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 lectures (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:

William Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra [1623]. Ed. John Wilders. Arden Shakespeare. Third edition, [1995] 2002.

  • ISBN 10-190-427101-4 ISBN 13-978-190427101-7
  • ca. 14 EUR at the CvO bookshop

Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [1886]. Ed. Katherine B. Linehan. New York: Norton, 2003.

  • ISBN 10-039-397465-0 ISBN 13-978-039397465-2
  • ca. 10 EUR at the CvO bookshop

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 August 15 2008). 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.


Session 08-Apr: A Poem

Texts

Blake, Jerusalem (1804)

Skills and Activities

Group work with presentations:

  1. What is poetic about this poem?
  2. What are the Themes of the poem?
  3. What historical contexts?
  4. What is its cultural significance (then and later/now)?

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.

Session 15-Apr: Poetry and Poetics

Analytical Tools

Texts

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 22-Apr: Poetry and Poetics: Speaking about Beautiful/Artful Language

Analytical Tools

Texts

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: 29-Apr)

Session 29-Apr: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play [assignment 1 due]

Session 06-May: Dramatic Structures, Dramatic Communication

Analytical Tools

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

Handout: Analysing Dramatic Communication

Texts

  • Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)

Skills and Activities

Exposition [assignment 1 returned]

Session 13-May: Drama: Characters and Genre Aspects

Analytical Tools

Pfister 183 - 195

Texts

  • Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623)

Skills and Activities 

     Assignment II: Drama (Due: May 20)

Session 20-May: Drama and Fiction

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)

Skills and Activities

An understanding of genres in the context of traditional poetics, and of the transition from poetic genres to literary genres. [assignment 2 due]

Session 27-May: Fiction 1

Analytical Tools

Rimmon-Kenan 72-86

Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan

Handout: Narratology

Texts

  • Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalisation. [assignment 2 returned]

Session 03-June: Fiction 2

Analytical Tools


Rimmon-Kenan 59-71

Handout: Narratology

Texts

  • Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)

Session 10-June: Fiction 3

Close Reading

Texts

  • Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) 
     Assignment III: Fiction (Due: 17-June)

Session 17-June: Film

Analytical Tools

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

Texts

  • David Fincher, Fight Club (1999)

Skills and Activities

Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [assignment 3 due]

Session 24-June: Beyond the Canon 1

Analytical Tools

Texts

Skills and Activities

Literary Analysis and non-literary materials, [assignment 3 returned]

Session 01-July: Beyond the Canon 2

Analytical Tools

Texts

Toni Hagen, Afoot in Roadless Nepal (1960)

Skills and Activities

Literary Analysis and non-literary materials

Session 08-July: Term Paper Projects

Skills and Activities

Brief Report on 'Work in Progress': Your Term Paper Projects 

     Term Paper Projects (Due: Aug 15)
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