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'''Please note''': The ang070/BM7 module consists of  
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'''Please note''': The ang070 module consists of  
 
*a seminar (S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the current winter term),  
 
*a seminar (S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the current winter term),  
 
*a tutorial (TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [aka "Research Methods"], offered in the current winter term),
 
*a tutorial (TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [aka "Research Methods"], offered in the current winter term),
 
*a seminar (S/Ü "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies", offered in the following summer term), and  
 
*a seminar (S/Ü "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies", offered in the following summer term), and  
 
*a lecture (VL "Historical Background and Critical Concepts", offered in the following summer term).  
 
*a lecture (VL "Historical Background and Critical Concepts", offered in the following summer term).  
All students beginning in the winter term 2014/15 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called  
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All students beginning in the winter term 2015/16 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called  
 
TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND for a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP.
 
TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND for a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP.
  
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Seminars
 
Seminars
*3.02.040 - [[User:Anna Auguscik|Anna Auguscik]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A10 1-121a
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*3.02.041 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A01 0-010B
*3.02.041 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00 Room A06 0-001
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*3.02.042 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A07 0-025
*3.02.042 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]] - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A10 1-121a
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*3.02.043 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]]  - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room A07 0-025
*3.02.043 - [[User:Michaela Koch|Michaela Koch]]  - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room V02 0-002
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*3.02.044 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
*3.02.044 - [[User:Michaela Keck|Michaela Keck]] - Thu, 12:00-14:00 Room A01 0-010a
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*3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Thu, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
*3.02.045 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room A01 0-010a
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*3.02.046 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 08:00 - 10:00 Room A 01 0-010B
*3.02.046 - [[User:Christian Lassen|Christian Lassen]] - Fri, 12:00 - 14:00 Room A 01 0-010a
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*3.02.047 - Natalie Roxburgh - Thu, 08:00-10:00 Room A14 0-031
*3.02.048 - [[User:Anton Kirchhofer|Anton Kirchhofer]] - Fri, 10:00-12:00 Room A10 1-121a
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*3.02.048 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room V02 0-002
*3.02.047 - [[User:Daniel.sip|Daniel Sip]] - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room A05 1-159
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*3.02.049 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room V02 0-002
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*3.02.050 - Daniel Sip - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A01 0-010A
  
 
Tutorials
 
Tutorials
*3.02.049 - Tutorin: Nele Wieting - Wed, 18:00-19:00 Room V02 1-114
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*3.02.051 - Tutorin: Kirstin Bogat - Tue, 08:00-10:00 Room: W03 2-240
*3.02.050 - Tutorin: Nele Wieting - Wed, 19:00-20:00 Room V02 1-114
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*3.02.052 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 09:00-10:00 Room: W06 0-008
*3.02.051 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: A14 1-112
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*3.02.053 - Tutorin: Kerstin Doerfel - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: W32 1-113
*3.02.052 - Tutorin: Tanja Withey - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: V02 1-114
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*3.02.054 - Tutorin: Sophia Pauline Schepker-Thiele - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room: A01 0-010A
*3.02.053 - Tutor: Birger Hansen - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: V04 1-146
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*3.02.055 - Tutor: Hendrik Meyer - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-009
*3.02.054 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Fri, 12:00-13:00 Room: A14 1-114, V03 0-E003
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*3.02.056 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 18:00-19:00 Room: A07 0-025
*3.02.058 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Fri, 13:00-14:00 Room: A14 1-114, V03 0-E003
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*3.02.057 - Tutorin: Sina Menke - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-010B
*3.02.055 - Tutorin: Sina Menke - Fri, 14:00-16:00 Room: S 2-204
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*3.02.058 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 19:00-20:00 Room: A07 0-025
*3.02.056 - Tutorin: Patrizia Striowsky - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: A04 4-411
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*3.02.059 - Tutorin: Rebecca Käpernick - Mon, 08:00-10:00 Room A06 0-009
*3.02.057 - Tutor: Sebastian Kukuk - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room: S 2-206
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*3.02.080 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 08:00-09:00 Room: W06 0-008
 
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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:
 
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:
  
* Shakespeare, William. ''Twelfth Night''. Ed. Keir Elam. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A&C Black, 2008.
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* Shakespeare, William. ''The Tempest''. Eds. Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A&C Black, 2011.
* Stevenson, Robert Louis. ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Ed. Katherine Linehan. New York and London: Norton, 2003.
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* Shelley, Mary. ''Frankenstein''. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012.
  
 
Course work: You will be asked to hand in three optional exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on November 20/21, December 11/12 and January 22/23 respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on February 28). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/leitfaden_lit-cult_2012.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).
 
Course work: You will be asked to hand in three optional exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on November 20/21, December 11/12 and January 22/23 respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on February 28). The assignments are to be formatted according to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/leitfaden_lit-cult_2012.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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__TOC__
 
__TOC__
  
==Session One, October 23/24: Introduction==
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==Session One, October 15/16: Introduction==
  
'''Welcome''
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*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Curriculum.pdf ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
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'''Welcome'''
*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/ang070_Seminarplan_WiSe2014_15.pdf ang070 Syllabus]
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*Introduction to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/ang070_Curriculum.pdf ang070 Curriculum, Aims and Goals]
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*Introduction to the [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download//BM7/ang070_Seminarplan_WiSe2015_16.pdf ang070 Syllabus]
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Preliminaries for seminar communication.
 
Preliminaries for seminar communication.
  
==Session Two, October 30/31: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre==
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==Session Two, October 22/23: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf 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.
  
==Session Three, November 06/07: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech==
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==Session Three, October 29/30: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
  
 
'''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).
 
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).
  
==Session Four, November 13/14: Analysing Poetry III: Close Reading==
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==Session Four, November 05/06: Analysing Poetry III: Close Reading==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_Poetry_Reader.pdf Poetry Reader]
  
 
'''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).
 
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).
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_students.pdf Assignment I: Poetry due 20/21.11.2014]
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     [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_students.pdf Assignment I: Poetry]
  
     [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_sample_solution.pdf Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry]
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     [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/ang070_assignment_01_poetry_sample_solution_Ko.pdf Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry]
  
==Session Five, November 20/21: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric==
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==Session Five, November 12/13: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare ''Twelfth Night''
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*William Shakespeare ''The Tempest''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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A speech from the Shakespeare play
 
A speech from the Shakespeare play
  
 
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==Session Six, November 19/20: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure==
'''Assignment I due'''
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==Session Six, November 27/28: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare ''Twelfth Night''
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*William Shakespeare ''The Tempest''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.
 
Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.
  
==Session Seven, December 04/05: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation==
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==Session Seven, November 26/27: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*William Shakespeare ''Twelfth Night''
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*William Shakespeare ''The Tempest''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Characters and Genre Aspects.
 
Characters and Genre Aspects.
  
  [[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_assignment_02_drama_students.pdf Assignment II: Drama due 11./12.12.2014]]
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  [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/assignment%20drama%20WiSe%202015-16_Tempest%20%28students%29.pdf Assignment II: Drama]]
  
  [[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/ang070_assignment_02_drama_samplesolution.pdf Sample solution assignment II: Drama]]
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  [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/bm7/assignment%20drama%20WiSe%202015-16_Tempest%20%28lecturers%29.pdf Sample solution assignment II: Drama]]
  
==Session Eight, December 11/12: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
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==Session Eight, December 03/04: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
  
 
'''Material'''
 
'''Material'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2014-12-11.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2014-12-11-1.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Ake_Glimpsing_a_Lesbian_Poetics_in_Twelfth_Night.pdf Ake, Jami. "Glimpsing a 'Lesbian' Poetics in ''Twelfth Night''" ''Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900''43.2 (Spring 2003): 375-94.]
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* [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/bm7/1976_greenblatt_learning_to_curse.pdf Greenblatt, Stephen J. "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. Print.]
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
 
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
  
 
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==Session Nine, December 10/11: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation==
'''Assignment II due'''
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==Session Nine, December 18/19: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation==
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'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_narratology.pdf Narratology]
 
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86]
 
*Sources: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/RimmonKenanShlomithNarrativeFiction.pdf Rimmon-Kenan, Chapter 6, 72-86]
 
  
 
'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson, ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
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*Mary Shelley, ''Frankenstein''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Narration, Focalization.
 
Narration, Focalization.
  
==Session Ten, January 08/09: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation==
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==Session Ten, December 17/18: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson, ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
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*Mary Shelley, ''Frankenstein''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Characterisation.
 
Characterisation.
  
==Session Eleven, January 15/16: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading==
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==Session Eleven, January 07/08: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading==
  
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
 
'''Analytical Tools'''
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
*Robert Louis Stevenson, ''Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
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*Mary Shelley, ''Frankenstein''
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Close Reading
 
Close Reading
  
   [[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2014_5_wise_ang070_assignment_3_fiction1.pdf Assignment III: Fiction due 22./23.01.2015]]
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   [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyuqxfin9w950oe/assignment_fiction_Frankenstein.pdf?dl=0 Assignment III: Fiction]]
  
   [[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2014_5_wise_ang070_assignment_3_fiction_erwartungshorizont.pdf Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]]
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   [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/0xwn3rg3v4ru5o6/assignment_fiction_Frankenstein_Erwartungshorizont.pdf?dl=0 Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]]
  
==Session Twelve, January 22/23: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II==
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==Session Twelve, January 14/15: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II==
  
 
'''Material'''
 
'''Material'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2014-12-11.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
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*[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4800026/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2014-12-11-1.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
 
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'''Texts'''
 
'''Texts'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/Showalter_Dr_Jekylls_Closet.pdf Showalter, Elaine. "Dr. Jekyll's Closet." ''The Haunted Mind: The Supernatural in Victorian Literature.'' Eds. Elton S. Smith and Robert Haas. Lanham, MD, and London: Scarecrow P, 1999. 67-88. ]
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*Butler, Marilyn. "''Frankenstein'' and Radical Sciences." ''Frankenstein''. By Mary Shelley. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012. 404-16.
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
 
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
  
 
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==Session Thirteen, January 21/22: Recap==
'''Assignment III due'''
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==Session Thirteen, January 29/30: Recap==
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Preparation for written test
 
Preparation for written test
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Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction
 
Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction
  
==Session Fourteen, February 05/06: RPO Projects==
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==Session Fourteen, January 28/29: RPO Projects==
  
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
 
'''Skills and Activities'''
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       [[Written Test: Saturday, 07.02.2015, 16:00-18:00, A14 HS 1+2  ]]
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       [[Written Test: Saturday, 30.01.2016, 13:00-15:00, A14 HS 1+2  ]]
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
 
[[Category:Basismodul]]
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[[Category:Winter 2015-16]]

Latest revision as of 09:24, 13 April 2017

Please note: The ang070 module consists of

  • a seminar (S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature", offered in the current winter term),
  • a tutorial (TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" [aka "Research Methods"], offered in the current winter term),
  • a seminar (S/Ü "Key Concepts in Cultural Studies", offered in the following summer term), and
  • a lecture (VL "Historical Background and Critical Concepts", offered in the following summer term).

All students beginning in the winter term 2015/16 need to enroll for one of the tutorials called TUT "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" (aka "Reasearch Methods"), AND for a seminar S/Ü "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature" in ang070. Registration is via Stud.IP.

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


Seminars

  • 3.02.041 - Michaela Keck - Thu, 10:00-12:00 Room A01 0-010B
  • 3.02.042 - Michaela Koch - Thu, 14:00-16:00 Room A07 0-025
  • 3.02.043 - Michaela Koch - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room A07 0-025
  • 3.02.044 - Christian Lassen - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
  • 3.02.045 - Christian Lassen - Thu, 12:00-14:00 Room A06 0-001
  • 3.02.046 - Christian Lassen - Fri, 08:00 - 10:00 Room A 01 0-010B
  • 3.02.047 - Natalie Roxburgh - Thu, 08:00-10:00 Room A14 0-031
  • 3.02.048 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 16:00-18:00 Room V02 0-002
  • 3.02.049 - Katharina Bieloch - Thu, 18:00-20:00 Room V02 0-002
  • 3.02.050 - Daniel Sip - Fri, 12:00-14:00 Room A01 0-010A

Tutorials

  • 3.02.051 - Tutorin: Kirstin Bogat - Tue, 08:00-10:00 Room: W03 2-240
  • 3.02.052 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 09:00-10:00 Room: W06 0-008
  • 3.02.053 - Tutorin: Kerstin Doerfel - Tue, 18:00-20:00 Room: W32 1-113
  • 3.02.054 - Tutorin: Sophia Pauline Schepker-Thiele - Fri, 08:00-10:00 Room: A01 0-010A
  • 3.02.055 - Tutor: Hendrik Meyer - Mon, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-009
  • 3.02.056 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 18:00-19:00 Room: A07 0-025
  • 3.02.057 - Tutorin: Sina Menke - Wed, 18:00-20:00 Room: A01 0-010B
  • 3.02.058 - Tutor: Kim Ole Henneke - Tue, 19:00-20:00 Room: A07 0-025
  • 3.02.059 - Tutorin: Rebecca Käpernick - Mon, 08:00-10:00 Room A06 0-009
  • 3.02.080 - Tutor: Maximilian Rugen - Wed, 08:00-09:00 Room: W06 0-008

This seminar part of the Basismodul ang070 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:

  • Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Eds. Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: A&C Black, 2011.
  • Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012.

Course work: You will be asked to hand in three optional exercise assignments (max. 3 pages, due on November 20/21, December 11/12 and January 22/23 respectively), complete a Written Test, and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on February 28). 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, October 15/16: Introduction

Welcome

Texts

Skills and Activities

Preliminaries for seminar communication.

Session Two, October 22/23: Analysing Poetry I: Poetic Conventions, Rhyme and Metre

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 Three, October 29/30: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech

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).

Session Four, November 05/06: Analysing Poetry III: Close Reading

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
    Sample Solution Assignment I: Poetry

Session Five, November 12/13: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric

Analytical Tools


Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

A speech from the Shakespeare play

Session Six, November 19/20: Analysing Drama II: Dramatic Communication and Plot Structure

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

Dramatic Structures and Communication; Exposition.

Session Seven, November 26/27: Analysing Drama III: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • William Shakespeare The Tempest

Skills and Activities

Characters and Genre Aspects.

[Assignment II: Drama]
[Sample solution assignment II: Drama]

Session Eight, December 03/04: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I

Material

Texts

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Nine, December 10/11: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Narration, Focalization.

Session Ten, December 17/18: Analysing Fiction II: Characterisation

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Characterisation.

Session Eleven, January 07/08: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading

Analytical Tools

Texts

  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Skills and Activities

Close Reading

  [Assignment III: Fiction]
  [Sample Solution Assignment III: Fiction]

Session Twelve, January 14/15: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II

Material

Texts

  • Butler, Marilyn. "Frankenstein and Radical Sciences." Frankenstein. By Mary Shelley. Ed. Paul Hunter. New York and London: Norton, 2012. 404-16.

Skills and Activities

Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.

Session Thirteen, January 21/22: Recap

Preparation for written test

Assignments Poetry, Drama, Fiction

Session Fourteen, January 28/29: RPO Projects

Skills and Activities

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


     Assignment 4: Research Paper Outline 


     Written Test: Saturday, 30.01.2016, 13:00-15:00, A14 HS 1+2