2013 Negotiating History in Contemporary Fiction

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  • Time: Mon, 08:00 - 10:00
  • Venue: A01 0-007
  • Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
  • Modul: AM 15 Motifs - Themes - Issues (and their Media)
  • Course Description: [...] Please, make sure to purchase and read these novels in advance. Your reading of them is prerequisite to the course. Please follow this link to a wiki course page, where you will find a preliminary course program, course requirements and course materials:
  • Students should purchase and read in advance:
  • Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000)
  • Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture (2003)
  • Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here.
  • Course Requirements
  • Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and an oral contribution in the form of a presentation, with a term paper of ca. 10 pp. based on the topic of the presentation.
  • Requirements for 9 KP: regular attendance and an oral contribution in the form of a presentation, with a term paper of ca. 15-20 pp. based on the topic of the presentation.
  • As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation:
    Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten
    - regelmäßige Anwesenheit: max. 3 Abwesenheiten und gegebenenfalls Nacharbeit
    - Vor- und Nachbereitung des Seminarstoffs (z. B. Protokolle, Aufgaben, Vorbereitung/Lektüre von Texten) 
    - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, z.B. durch:
      *Übernahme von Impulsreferaten und 
      *(nur falls Seminararbeit angestrebt, verschriftlicht, ansonsten als Teil der Präsentation) 
       Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters (die Zeitangaben verstehen sich als Empfehlungen): 
       Wahl eines Themenbereichs (3.-5.Woche), Eingrenzung (ca. 8.-10.Woche), 
       Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (ca. 12.Woche), 
       Vorstellung der Fragestellung in der letzten Semestersitzung.

Session 1 Mo., 08.04.2013

  • Introduction

Session 2 Mo., 15.04.2013

cancelled due to visit to the London Book Fair (15-17 April)

Session 3 Mo., 22.04.2013

  • Atwood, TBA: narration, characterization, themes and plot structure

Session 4 Mo., 29.04.2013

  • Barry, TSS: narration, characterization, themes and plot structure

Session 5 Mo., 06.05.2013

  • Atwood, TBA and Barry, TSS: critical and marketing profiles
   [Specify research interest until 10 May]

Session 6 Mo., 13.05.2013

Session 7 Mo., 27.05.2013

Session 8 Mo., 03.06.2013

Session 9 Mo., 10.06.2013

Session 10 Mo., 17.06.2013

 [Hand in RPOs until 21 June]

Session 11 Mo., 24.06.2013

  • evaluation

Session 12 Mo., 01.07.2013

  • discussion of evaluation
  • discussion of RPOs


Bibliography

Reading Material

  • Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000)
  • Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture (2003)

and

Tools

Further Reading