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*'''Course Requirements''' | *'''Course Requirements''' | ||
− | :*Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), | + | :*Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), based on the topic of the seminar. |
:*As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation: | :*As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation: | ||
Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten | Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten | ||
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- Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch: | - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch: | ||
*Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und | *Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und | ||
− | * | + | *Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: |
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Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten), | Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten), | ||
− | Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis | + | Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis 24. Jan), |
Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung). | Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung). | ||
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*Course syllabus, requirements, etc. | *Course syllabus, requirements, etc. | ||
*Introduction: Antiquarianism vs. Archaeology, Archaeology & Literature & Deep History | *Introduction: Antiquarianism vs. Archaeology, Archaeology & Literature & Deep History | ||
− | * | + | *Primary Literature: Guillermo Abril und Carlos Spottorno, "Mitten ins Herz." Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin 38 (21.Sept 2018): xx-xx. |
===Session 2: 24/25 Oct 2018=== | ===Session 2: 24/25 Oct 2018=== | ||
− | *Archaeology and 19C Literature | + | *Topic: Archaeology and 19C Literature |
*Context: Julia Reid, "Archaeology and Anthropology" (2017) | *Context: Julia Reid, "Archaeology and Anthropology" (2017) | ||
*Primary Literature: PB Shelley, "Ozymandias" (1818) | *Primary Literature: PB Shelley, "Ozymandias" (1818) | ||
− | *Secondary | + | *Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Anne Janowitz, "Shelley's Monument to Ozymandias" (1984) |
===Session 3: 1 Nov 2018=== | ===Session 3: 1 Nov 2018=== | ||
− | *Archaeology and Victorian Literature | + | *Topic: Archaeology and Victorian Literature |
*Context: Angie Blumberg, "Victorian Literature and Archaeology" (2018) | *Context: Angie Blumberg, "Victorian Literature and Archaeology" (2018) | ||
*Primary Literature: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Burden of Nineveh" (1856/1870) | *Primary Literature: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Burden of Nineveh" (1856/1870) | ||
− | *Secondary Reading: Andrew M. Stauffer, "Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Burdens of Nineveh" (2005) | + | *Input Presentation/ Secondary Reading: Andrew M. Stauffer, "Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Burdens of Nineveh" (2005) |
− | + | *[Input Presentation/ Primary Reading: Oscar Wilde, "Sphinx"; and Secondary Reading: Iain Ross, "Charmides and The Sphinx: Wilde's Engagements with Keats" (2008)] | |
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===Session 4: 7/8 Nov 2018=== | ===Session 4: 7/8 Nov 2018=== | ||
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*Course Reading: Alexandra Warwick and Martin Willis, "Introduction: The Archaeological Imagination" (2012) | *Course Reading: Alexandra Warwick and Martin Willis, "Introduction: The Archaeological Imagination" (2012) | ||
+ | *Group Work / Theory and Methods I: JLS issue | ||
===Session 5: 15.11.2018=== | ===Session 5: 15.11.2018=== | ||
− | *Archaeology in 19C Fiction | + | *Topic: Archaeology in 19C Fiction |
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*Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885) | *Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885) | ||
+ | *Focus on Close Reading | ||
===Session 6: 22.11.2018=== | ===Session 6: 22.11.2018=== | ||
− | *Archaeology and 19C Fiction | + | *Topic: Archaeology and 19C Fiction |
− | *Context: | + | *Context: Neil E. Hultgren, "Haggard Criticism since 1980: Imperial Romance Before and After the Postcolonial Turn" (2011) |
*Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885) | *Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885) | ||
− | + | *Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Timothy Alborn, "King Solomon’s Gold: Ophir in an Age of Empire" (2015) | |
− | * | + | *Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) |
===Session 7: 29.11.2018=== | ===Session 7: 29.11.2018=== | ||
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*Course Reading: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Michael Shanks, Matthew Tiews, "Archaeology, Modernism, Modernity" (2004) | *Course Reading: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Michael Shanks, Matthew Tiews, "Archaeology, Modernism, Modernity" (2004) | ||
+ | *Group Work / Theory and Methods II: Modernism/modernity issue | ||
===Session 8: 06.12.2018=== | ===Session 8: 06.12.2018=== | ||
*Archaeology in 20C Fiction | *Archaeology in 20C Fiction | ||
*Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) | *Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) | ||
+ | *Focus on Close Reading | ||
===Session 9: 13.12.2018=== | ===Session 9: 13.12.2018=== | ||
*Archaeology in 20C Fiction | *Archaeology in 20C Fiction | ||
+ | *Context: Gabriel Moshenska, "Archaeologists in Popular Fiction" (2017) | ||
*Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) | *Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) | ||
+ | *Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: tba [archaeology in crime / detective fiction] | ||
+ | *Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels (2009) | ||
===Session 10: 20.12.2018=== | ===Session 10: 20.12.2018=== | ||
− | *Theory and Methods III: ZAA / Aspects of the Science Novel | + | *Group Work / Theory and Methods III: ZAA / Aspects of the Science Novel |
+ | *Course Reading: Anton Kirchhofer and Natalie Roxburgh, "The Scientist as ‘Problematic Individual’ in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction" (2016) | ||
===Session 11: 10.01.2019=== | ===Session 11: 10.01.2019=== | ||
*Archaeology in 21C Fiction | *Archaeology in 21C Fiction | ||
*Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000) | *Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000) | ||
− | * | + | *Focus on Close Reading |
===Session 12: 17.01.2019=== | ===Session 12: 17.01.2019=== | ||
*Archaeology in 21C Fiction | *Archaeology in 21C Fiction | ||
+ | *Context: David Babcock, "Professional Intimacies: Human Rights and Specialized Bodies in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost" (2014) | ||
*Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000) | *Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000) | ||
+ | *Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: David Farrier, "Gesturing towards the Local: Intimate Histories in Anil's Ghost" (2005) | ||
+ | *Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Michael Barry, "Archaeology and Teleology in Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost" (2015) | ||
+ | *Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Deborah Levy, Black Vodka (2013) | ||
===Session 13: 24.01.2019=== | ===Session 13: 24.01.2019=== | ||
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*evaluation | *evaluation | ||
− | [Hand in RPOs until | + | [Hand in RPOs until 24 January at the latest] |
===Session 14: 31.01.2019=== | ===Session 14: 31.01.2019=== | ||
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[Hand in research papers until 15 March] | [Hand in research papers until 15 March] | ||
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===Tools=== | ===Tools=== | ||
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*Handout: [[Excerpt]] | *Handout: [[Excerpt]] | ||
− | == | + | ==Primary Reading== |
+ | *cf. three novels above (available at CvO bookshop) | ||
+ | *additional primary material: | ||
+ | **Oscar Wilde, "Sphinx" | ||
+ | **Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles [1891]. Oxford World's Classics, 2008. [978-0199537051] | ||
+ | **Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels. London: Windmill, 2009. [978-0099534549] | ||
+ | **Deborah Levy, Black Vodka. Bucks: And Other Stories, 2013. [978-1908276162] | ||
+ | ==Secondary Reading== | ||
+ | *will be made available via Stud.IP, cf. also Handapparat | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Further Reading=== | ||
==Links== | ==Links== |
Revision as of 21:33, 15 October 2018
- Modul: ang615 Motifs - Themes - Issues (and their Media)
- Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
- Course I: 3.02.151
- Time: Thu, 8-10am
- Venue: A14 0-031
- Course II: 3.02.152
- Time: Wed, 10-12am
- Venue: A14 1-113
- Course Description: In this seminar, we will explore the intersections between archaeology and literature with a focus on the young science's representation in works of fiction and poetry from the early 19C until today. We will read poems by P.B. Shelley, D.G. Rossetti, and Oscar Wilde; excerpts from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Barry Unsworth's historical fiction, and Deborah Levy's short fiction; as well as longer narrative texts by H. Rider Haggard, Agatha Christie, and Michael Ondaatje. Topics will include archaeological sites at home & abroad, archaeology & empire, archaeology & gender, archaeology & mystery, archaeology as a metaphor (e.g. excavating deep psychological structures), amateur vs. professional archaeology, and the archaeologist as a fictional character.
Please, buy and read the following novels:
- H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines. 1885. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2016. [978-0198722953]
- Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia. 1936. London: HarperCollins, 2016. [978-0008164874]
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost. 2000. London: Vintage, 2011. [978-0099554455]
PLEASE NOTE: All primary materials will be made available at the CvO bookshop.
- Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP. There will be a Handapparat in our library.
- Course Requirements
- Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), based on the topic of the seminar.
- 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 (Expertengruppen, Vorbereitung/Lektüre von Texten) - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch: *Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und *Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten), Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis 24. Jan), Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung).
Contents
- 1 Session 1: 17/18 Oct 2018
- 2 Session 2: 24/25 Oct 2018
- 3 Session 3: 1 Nov 2018
- 4 Session 4: 7/8 Nov 2018
- 5 Session 5: 15.11.2018
- 6 Session 6: 22.11.2018
- 7 Session 7: 29.11.2018
- 8 Session 8: 06.12.2018
- 9 Session 9: 13.12.2018
- 10 Session 10: 20.12.2018
- 11 Session 11: 10.01.2019
- 12 Session 12: 17.01.2019
- 13 Session 13: 24.01.2019
- 14 Session 14: 31.01.2019
- 15 Tools
- 16 Primary Reading
- 17 Secondary Reading
- 18 Links
Session 1: 17/18 Oct 2018
- Course syllabus, requirements, etc.
- Introduction: Antiquarianism vs. Archaeology, Archaeology & Literature & Deep History
- Primary Literature: Guillermo Abril und Carlos Spottorno, "Mitten ins Herz." Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin 38 (21.Sept 2018): xx-xx.
Session 2: 24/25 Oct 2018
- Topic: Archaeology and 19C Literature
- Context: Julia Reid, "Archaeology and Anthropology" (2017)
- Primary Literature: PB Shelley, "Ozymandias" (1818)
- Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Anne Janowitz, "Shelley's Monument to Ozymandias" (1984)
Session 3: 1 Nov 2018
- Topic: Archaeology and Victorian Literature
- Context: Angie Blumberg, "Victorian Literature and Archaeology" (2018)
- Primary Literature: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Burden of Nineveh" (1856/1870)
- Input Presentation/ Secondary Reading: Andrew M. Stauffer, "Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Burdens of Nineveh" (2005)
- [Input Presentation/ Primary Reading: Oscar Wilde, "Sphinx"; and Secondary Reading: Iain Ross, "Charmides and The Sphinx: Wilde's Engagements with Keats" (2008)]
Session 4: 7/8 Nov 2018
- Course Reading: Alexandra Warwick and Martin Willis, "Introduction: The Archaeological Imagination" (2012)
- Group Work / Theory and Methods I: JLS issue
Session 5: 15.11.2018
- Topic: Archaeology in 19C Fiction
- Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885)
- Focus on Close Reading
Session 6: 22.11.2018
- Topic: Archaeology and 19C Fiction
- Context: Neil E. Hultgren, "Haggard Criticism since 1980: Imperial Romance Before and After the Postcolonial Turn" (2011)
- Primary Literature: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines (1885)
- Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Timothy Alborn, "King Solomon’s Gold: Ophir in an Age of Empire" (2015)
- Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891)
Session 7: 29.11.2018
- Course Reading: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Michael Shanks, Matthew Tiews, "Archaeology, Modernism, Modernity" (2004)
- Group Work / Theory and Methods II: Modernism/modernity issue
Session 8: 06.12.2018
- Archaeology in 20C Fiction
- Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
- Focus on Close Reading
Session 9: 13.12.2018
- Archaeology in 20C Fiction
- Context: Gabriel Moshenska, "Archaeologists in Popular Fiction" (2017)
- Primary Literature: Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
- Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: tba [archaeology in crime / detective fiction]
- Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels (2009)
Session 10: 20.12.2018
- Group Work / Theory and Methods III: ZAA / Aspects of the Science Novel
- Course Reading: Anton Kirchhofer and Natalie Roxburgh, "The Scientist as ‘Problematic Individual’ in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction" (2016)
Session 11: 10.01.2019
- Archaeology in 21C Fiction
- Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000)
- Focus on Close Reading
Session 12: 17.01.2019
- Archaeology in 21C Fiction
- Context: David Babcock, "Professional Intimacies: Human Rights and Specialized Bodies in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost" (2014)
- Primary Literature: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost (2000)
- Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: David Farrier, "Gesturing towards the Local: Intimate Histories in Anil's Ghost" (2005)
- Input Presentation/Secondary Reading: Michael Barry, "Archaeology and Teleology in Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost" (2015)
- Input Presentation/Primary Reading: Deborah Levy, Black Vodka (2013)
Session 13: 24.01.2019
- Final Discussion
- evaluation
[Hand in RPOs until 24 January at the latest]
Session 14: 31.01.2019
- discussion of RPOs
- feedback on evaluation
[Hand in research papers until 15 March]
Tools
- Handout Literature & Representation
- Handout: Narratology
- Handout: Traditions in our discourse about literature
- Handout: (Non-)literary texts
- Handout: Excerpt
Primary Reading
- cf. three novels above (available at CvO bookshop)
- additional primary material:
- Oscar Wilde, "Sphinx"
- Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles [1891]. Oxford World's Classics, 2008. [978-0199537051]
- Barry Unsworth, Land of Marvels. London: Windmill, 2009. [978-0099534549]
- Deborah Levy, Black Vodka. Bucks: And Other Stories, 2013. [978-1908276162]
Secondary Reading
- will be made available via Stud.IP, cf. also Handapparat