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'''Please note''': The BM7 module consists of
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*a seminar ("Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"),
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*a tutorial ("Research Methods", offered in the current winter term) and
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*a combined lecture and seminar course ('Key Concepts of Cultural Studies', offered in the coming summer term).
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All students beginning in the winter term 2011/12 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods", and a seminar in BM 7. Registration is via Stud.IP.
  
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If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]].
  
 
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On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our seminar "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".
'''Please note''': The BM7 module consists of a seminar, a tutorial (offered in the current winter term) and a combined lecture and seminar course ('Key Concepts of Cultural Studies', offered in the coming summer term). All students beginning in the winter term 2011/12 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods". Additionally, you will enrol in a seminar in BM 7 for the winter term. Registration is via Stud.IP.
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On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"
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Courses
 
Courses
*3.02.011 Course A - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] Do, 16:00 - 18:00 Raum A10-1-121
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*3.02.030 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Thu, 12:00-14:00, A06 0-001
*3.02.012 Course B - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] Do, 10:00 - 12:00 Raum A01-0-006
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*3.02.031 - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] - Fr, 08:00-10:00, A09 0-018
*3.02.013 Course C - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] Do, 16:00 - 18:00 Raum A10-1-121a
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*3.02.032 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fr, 08:00-10:00, A01 0-010 a
*3.02.014 Course D - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] Do, 16:00 - 18:00 Raum A06-0-001
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*3.02.033 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A04 5-516
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*3.02.034 - Michaela Keck - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A11 0-018
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*3.02.035 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A01 0-009
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*3.02.036 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Fr, 12:00-14:00, A01 0-010 b
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*3.02.037 - [[User:Daniel.sip|Daniel Sip]] - Thu, 18:00-20:00, V02 0-004
 
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Tutorials
 
Tutorials
*3.02.016.1 TU Exploring History and Theory Mi, 12:00 - 14:00 (Tutor: Sören Niewint) Raum: A05 0-055
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*3.02.040 - Tutor: Radu Dragomir, Fr, 08:00-10:00, A14 1-113
*3.02.016.2 TU Exploring History and Theory Do, 08:00 - 10:00 (Tutorin: Sarah Berres) Raum: A07 0-031
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*3.02.041 - Tutor: Sören Niewint, Tue, 08:00-10:00, A01 0-010 b
*3.02.016.3 TU Exploring History and Theory Di, 08:00 - 10:00 (Tutor: Sharif Bitar) Raum: A10 1-121a
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*3.02.042 - Tutor: Almke Ratjen, Wed, 18:00-20:00, A04 2-221
*3.02.016.4 TU Exploring History and Theory Fr, 16:00 - 18:00 (Tutor: Frederik Bockmann) Raum: A10 1-121a
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*3.02.043 - Tutor: Sarah Berres, Mon, 08:00-10:00,  A11 0-018
*3.02.026.1 TU Exploring History and Theory Mo, 14:00 - 16:00 (Tutorin: Sarah Göbert) Raum: A13 0-006
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*3.02.044 - Tutor: Tanja Withey, Mon, 08:00-10:00, A14 1-112
*3.02.026.2 TU Exploring History and Theory Mo, 08:00 - 10:00 (Tutorin: Tanja Withey) Raum: A10 1-121a
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*3.02.045 - Tutor: Katharina Bieloch, Thu, 08:00-10:00, A13 0-027
*3.02.026.3 TU Exploring History and Theory Fr, 08:00 - 10:00 (Tutorin: Katharina Bieloch) Raum: A10 1-121a
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*3.02.046 - Tutor: Britta Kölle, Mon, 18:00-20:00, A01 0-010 a
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*3.02.047 - Tutor: Birger Hansen, Mon, 18:00-20:00, A10 1-121 (Hörsaal F)
 
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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.
  
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.
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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-D''':
 
 
*William Shakespeare. ''As You Like It''. Ed. Juliet Dusinberre. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A & C Black, 2008.
 
*William Shakespeare. ''As You Like It''. Ed. Juliet Dusinberre. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A & C Black, 2008.
 
*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2003.  
 
*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2003.  
  
[[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|Course work]]: You will be asked to hand in three assignments (max. 3 pages, due on May 6th, May 27th and July 1st respectively) and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on March 15th). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [http://www.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/downloads/leitfaden_wiss_arb_wise_09-10.pdf 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).
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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 exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on xxx, xxx and xxx respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on xxx). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [http://www.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/downloads/leitfaden_wiss_arb_wise_09-10.pdf style sheet], and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively, one of which will be tested at the end of the term (Written Test). 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).
  
 
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'''Welcome'''
 
'''Welcome'''
 
*Introduction to the [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|BM 1 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]]
 
*Introduction to the [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature:Curriculum|BM 1 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]]
*Introduction to the BM 1 Programme
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*Introduction to the BM 7 Programme
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare. ''Richard II'' (1595).
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*William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare. ''Richard II'' (1595).
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*William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare. ''Richard II'' (1595).
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*William Shakespeare, ''As You Like It''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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==Session Seven, December 15-16: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
 
==Session Seven, December 15-16: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
 
'''History and Variety of Editions of Shakespeare's ''Richard II''''',
 
'''History of scholarly and public interest in Shakespeare as a person and an author''',
 
'''Postmodern conceptions of text and authorship'''
 
  
 
'''Material'''
 
'''Material'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[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).]
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*Stephen Greenblatt, Culture
*[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).]
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*[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).]
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*[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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'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson. ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1886).
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*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson. ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1886).
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*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson. ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1886).
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*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1999_showalter_jekyll.pdf Elaine Showalter. "Dr Jekyll's Closet." Elton E. Smith and Robert Haas (Eds.). The Haunted Mind. The Supernatural in Victorian Literature. London: Scarecrow Press, 1999, 67-88.]
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*tba
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
 
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
 
          
 
          
   '''Film Screening''': [[David Fincher (dir.), Fight Club (1999 film)]]
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   '''Film Screening''': tba
   Time/Date: to beannounced.2012 20-22 Uhr A14 1-###
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   Time/Date: tba
  
 
==Session Twelve, February 2-3: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques==
 
==Session Twelve, February 2-3: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques==
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*Link to glossary of terms by Mark Bischoff (based on Monaco): [http://www.filmglossar.de/glossarypdf.htm Glossary]
 
*Link to glossary of terms by Mark Bischoff (based on Monaco): [http://www.filmglossar.de/glossarypdf.htm Glossary]
 
*Sources:  
 
*Sources:  
Monaco, James. ''How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory.'' 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.  
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::Monaco, James. ''How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory.'' 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.  
Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. ''Film Art. An Introduction.'' 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.  
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::Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. ''Film Art. An Introduction.'' 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.  
Korte, Helmut: ''Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch.'' 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2004.
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::Korte, Helmut: ''Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch.'' 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2004.
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*David Fincher (dir.). ''Fight Club'' (1999).
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'''Skills and Activities'''
 
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==Session Fourteen B, Saturday, February 18, 10-12 Written Test, room to be announced
 
==Session Fourteen B, Saturday, February 18, 10-12 Written Test, room to be announced
 
  
  
 
[assignment 3 returned]
 
[assignment 3 returned]
  
       [[BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline|Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline (due on August 15)]]
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       [[BM1 - Introduction to Literature - Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline|Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline (due on xxx)]]
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==Further Reading==
 
*[[William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595)]]
 
*[[Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)]]
 
*[[David Fincher (dir.), Fight Club (1999 film)]]
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
[[Category:Winter 2011-12]]
 
[[Category:Winter 2011-12]]

Revision as of 22:17, 20 October 2011

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Please note: The BM7 module consists of

  • a seminar ("Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"),
  • a tutorial ("Research Methods", offered in the current winter term) and
  • a combined lecture and seminar course ('Key Concepts of Cultural Studies', offered in the coming summer term).

All students beginning in the winter term 2011/12 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods", and a seminar in BM 7. Registration is via Stud.IP.

If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact Michaela Koch.

On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our seminar "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".


Courses

Tutorials

  • 3.02.040 - Tutor: Radu Dragomir, Fr, 08:00-10:00, A14 1-113
  • 3.02.041 - Tutor: Sören Niewint, Tue, 08:00-10:00, A01 0-010 b
  • 3.02.042 - Tutor: Almke Ratjen, Wed, 18:00-20:00, A04 2-221
  • 3.02.043 - Tutor: Sarah Berres, Mon, 08:00-10:00, A11 0-018
  • 3.02.044 - Tutor: Tanja Withey, Mon, 08:00-10:00, A14 1-112
  • 3.02.045 - Tutor: Katharina Bieloch, Thu, 08:00-10:00, A13 0-027
  • 3.02.046 - Tutor: Britta Kölle, Mon, 18:00-20:00, A01 0-010 a
  • 3.02.047 - Tutor: Birger Hansen, Mon, 18:00-20:00, A10 1-121 (Hörsaal F)

The seminar part of the Basismodul 7 focuses on techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing literature. We are offering eight 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:

  • William Shakespeare. As You Like It. Ed. Juliet Dusinberre. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A & C Black, 2008.
  • Mary Shelley. Frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2003.

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on xxx, xxx and xxx respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on xxx). The assignments are to be formatted according to the style sheet, and will require you to analyse poetry, drama and fiction respectively, one of which will be tested at the end of the term (Written Test). 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, November 3-4: Introduction

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, November 10-11: 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, November 17-18: 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 22, due on May 06)

Session Four, November 24-25: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play

Session Five, December 1-2: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.

Session Six, December 8-9: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects.

[assignment 1 returned]

   Assignment II: Drama (distributed on May 20, due on May 27) 

Session Seven, December 15-16: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I

Material

Texts

  • Stephen Greenblatt, Culture

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Eight, December 22-23: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization.

Session Nine, January 12-13: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

Skills and Activities

Characterisation.

Session Ten, January 19-20: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

Skills and Activities

Close Reading

[assignment 2 returned]

   Assignment III: Fiction (distributed on June 24, due on July 01) Please find the assignment in your Stud.IP group.

Session Eleven, January 26-27: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II

Material

Texts

  • tba

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

  Film Screening: tba
  Time/Date: tba

Session Twelve, February 2-3: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques

Analytical Tools

Monaco, James. How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.
Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. Film Art. An Introduction. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
Korte, Helmut: Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch. 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2004.

Texts

  • tba

Skills and Activities

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

Session Thirteen, February 9-10: RPO Projects

Skills and Activities

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

==Session Fourteen A, February 16-17: Recap


==Session Fourteen B, Saturday, February 18, 10-12 Written Test, room to be announced


[assignment 3 returned]

     Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline (due on xxx)