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*Shakespeare. King Lear.
 
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_biography.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 120-133 (Biography).]  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_biography.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 120-133 (Biography).]  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_verfasserschaft.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 185-193 (Verfasserschaftstheorien).]  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_verfasserschaft.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 185-193 (Verfasserschaftstheorien).]  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_editionsgeschichte.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 196-243 (Editionsgeschichte).]  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2000_shakespeare-handbuch_editionsgeschichte.pdf Ina Schabert (Ed.), ''Das Shakespeare-Handbuch'', 196-243 (Editionsgeschichte).]  
 
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1967_foucault_what_is_an_author.pdf Michel Foucault, "What is an Author?".] -- In Foucault's essay, concentrate on pages 108 - 113, where the four characteristics of the ''author function'' are discussed, and look especially at the third characteristic which is described on pages 110 and 111.  
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1967_foucault_what_is_an_author.pdf Michel Foucault, "What is an Author?".] -- In Foucault's essay, concentrate on pages 108 - 113, where the four characteristics of the ''author function'' are discussed, and look especially at the third characteristic which is described on pages 110 and 111.  
  
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*Handout: [http://www.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/downloads/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Handout: [http://www.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/downloads/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
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==Session Eleven, June 24: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II==
 
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*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/bm1-lit-theory-timeline-1.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
 
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/bm1-lit-theory-timeline-1.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]

Revision as of 15:13, 25 March 2010

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Please note: The BM1 (literature) and BM2 (culture) modules consist of a seminar and a tutorial each. All students beginning in the winter term 2009/10 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods". Additionally, you will choose between a seminar under BM 1 (literature) or BM 2 (culture) for the winter term and then study the other one in the summer term. In the summer term you will enroll for the second tutorial, "Exploring History and Theory".


  • 3.02.016 TU Exploring History and Theory Mo, 14:00 - 16:00 (Tutor: Sharif Bitar) Raum: A06 5-531
  • 3.02.017 TU Exploring History and Theory Fr, 10:00 - 12:00 (Tutor: Fabian Nattkämper) Raum: A01 0-007
  • 3.02.018 TU Exploring History and Theory Fr, 16:00 - 18:00 (Tutorin: Alice Lee Gorel) Raum: A06 0-001
  • 3.02.026 TU Exploring History and Theory Mi, 18:00 - 20:00 (Tutor: Sören Niewint) Raum: A04 5-516
  • 3.02.027 TU Exploring History and Theory Do, 14:00 - 16:00 (Tutor: Sharif Bitar) Raum: A10 1-121a
  • 3.02.028 TU Exploring History and Theory Do, 08:00 - 10:00 (Tutor: Daniel Sip) Raum: A14 1-102
  • 3.02.029 TU Exploring History and Theory Mi, 12:00 - 14:00 (Tutorin: Janett Münch) Raum: A05 1-159

The seminar part of the Basismodul 1 focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering three parallel courses. 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.

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). In addition you will need to purchase two books.

Courses A-C:

  • William Shakespeare. King Lear. Ed. R.A. Foakes. London: A & C Black (3rd Series), 1997.
  • Herman Melville. "Benito Cereno". Melville's Short Novels. Ed. Dan McCall. New York, London: Norton, 2002.

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (max. 3 pages, in session 4, 7 and 11 respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due: tba). The assignments are to be 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 on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).


Two useful links for all assignments:


Session One, April 8: Introduction. Technicalities.

Welcome

Texts

  1. Sir Philip Sidney, "Loving in Truth" from Astrophil and Stella (1591)
  2. Sir Philip Sidney, "Not at first sight" from Astrophil and Stella (1591)
  3. William Percy, "Sonnet II" from Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia (1594)
  4. William Shakespeare, "Sonnet CXXX" from The Sonnets (1609)
  5. George Herbert, "The Deniall" (1633)
  6. William Wordsworth, "Scorn Not the Sonnet" (1827)
  7. Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)
  8. Christina Rossetti, "I wish I could remember" from A Pageant and Other Poems (1881)
  9. Langston Hughes, "I, Too" (1925)
  10. e.e. Cummings, "Pity This Busy Monster, Manunkind" (1944)

Skills and Activities

Preliminaries for seminar communication.

Session Two, April 15: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre

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 Three, April 22: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech

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 (distributed on April 23, due on April 30)

Session Four, April 29: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Shakespeare. King Lear.

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play

Session Five, May 6: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Shakespeare, King Lear

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.

Session Six, May 20: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Shakespeare, King Lear

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects.

[assignment 1 returned]

   Assignment II: Drama (distributed on May 21, due on May 28)

Session Seven, May 27: Critical Debate and literary Theory I

History and Variety of Editions of Shakespeare's King Lear, History of scholarly and public interest in Shakespeare as a person and an author, Postmodern conceptions of text and authorship

Material

Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Eight, June 3: Analysing Narrative Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Herman Melville, Benito Cereno

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization.

Session Nine, June 10: Analysing Narrative Fiction II: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Herman Melville, Benito Cereno

Skills and Activities

Characterisation

[assignment 2 returned]

Session Ten, June 17: Analysing Narrative Fiction III

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Herman Melville, Benito Cereno

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization, Charcterisation.

   Assignment III: Fiction (distributed on June 18, due on June 25)

Session Eleven, June 24: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II

Material

Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

  Film Screening: Ethan and Joel Coen (dirs.), No Country for Old Men (2007 film)
  Venue: to be announced

Session Twelve, July 1: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques

Analytical Tools

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

Texts

  • Ethan and Joel Coen (dirs.). No Country for Old Men

Skills and Activities

Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [Fiction worksheet]

Session Thirteen, July 8: RPO Projects

Skills and Activities

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

[assignment 3 returned]

     Assignment 4: Term Paper Projects (Due: to be announced)

Further Reading