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Revision as of 13:52, 4 April 2024
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- Modul: ang614 (Genres: Cultural, Historical and Theoretical Perspectives); ang622 ('Akzentsetzung'); pb113, pb114, pb331, pb332
- Lecturer: Anna Auguscik
- Course: 3.02.140
- Time and Venue: Thursday 14:00-16:00, A04 5-516
- Course Description:
Please, buy and read the following novels:
- White, Patrick. Voss. London: Vintage, [1957] 1994. (ISBN-13: 978-0099324713)
- Grenville, Kate. The Lieutenant. Edinburgh: Canongate, [2008] 2022. (ISBN-13: 978-178689602)
In addition, we will analyse and discuss the following film:
- Etched in Bone (2018, dir. Martin Thomas and Béatrice Bijon)
PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to immerse yourself in the reading of these primary sources. All of the above can be obtained at our local book shop, Bültmann & Gerriets. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.
Contents
- 1 Introduction and Outline: 4 April
- 2 Reading Week: 11 April
- 3 Textual Analysis: Film - 18 April
- 4 Textual Analysis: Film - 25 April
- 5 Textual Analysis: The Lieutenant - 2 May
- 6 Reading Week: 9 May
- 7 Textual Anlaysis: Voss - 16 May
- 8 Discussion Session: 23 May
- 9 Discussion Session: 30 May
- 10 Discussion Session: 6 June
- 11 Drafting Week: 13 June
- 12 Short Presentations: 19 June
- 13 Short Presentations: 26 June
- 14 Concluding Session: 3 July
- 15 Tools
- 16 Primary Reading
- 17 Secondary Reading and Contexts
- 18 Links
Introduction and Outline: 4 April
- Looking ahead: Introduction to topic, primary sources, syllabus, examination (three steps: input presentation, RPOplus and research paper)
Reading Week: 11 April
(read: The Lieutenant)
Textual Analysis: Film - 18 April
- Primary Source: Etched in Bone
- Context: Thomas, "What is an Expedition" (2015)
Textual Analysis: Film - 25 April
- Primary Source: Etched in Bone
- Context: van Toorn, "Indigenous Texts and Narratives" (2000)
Textual Analysis: The Lieutenant - 2 May
- Close reading and discussion
- Context: Bird, "New Narrations: Contemporary Fiction" (2000)
Reading Week: 9 May
(read: Voss)
Textual Anlaysis: Voss - 16 May
- Close reading and discussion
- Context: Goldsworthy, "Fiction from 1900 to 1970" (2000)
Discussion Session: 23 May
- Reading and discussion: tba
- historical fiction
Discussion Session: 30 May
- Reading and discussion: tba
- scientist characters
Discussion Session: 6 June
- Reading and discussion: tba
- expeditionary practice and narrative
Drafting Week: 13 June
(write up a first draft of the RPO)
Short Presentations: 19 June
- Reading and discussion: tba
Short Presentations: 26 June
- Reading and discussion: tba
- evaluation
[Hand in your RPOs until 27 June 2024]
Concluding Session: 3 July
- Looking back
- discussion of research papers
[Hand in research papers until 15 September 2024]
Tools
- Handout Narratology
- Handout Literature & Representation
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Culture and Representation
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Discourse
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Identity
- Handout Key Concepts in Cultural Studies: Media
- Handout Traditions in our discourse about literature
- Handout (Non-)literary texts
- Handout Excerpt
- Handout Style Sheet for Literary and Cultural Studies
Primary Reading
- see above
