S Writing Sexual Identities: Lesbian and Gay Literature in the Twentieth Century

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COURSE OUTLINE

3.02.140: S Writing Sexual Identities: Lesbian and Gay Literature in the Twentieth Century

  • [Module] ang614 - Genres: Cultural, Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
  • [Credits] 6 KP
  • [Instructor] Dr. Christian Lassen
  • [Time] Tuesday, 10-11 am: weekly chat (via "Meetings" on our Stud.IP page); Tuesday, 11-12 am: video conference for presentation groups, designed to discuss the presentation scheduled for the following week
  • [Room] online; until further notice: weekly chat; video conferences for presentation groups (via "Meetings")
  • [Description]
  • [Office Hours] see Stud.IP; until further notice, office hours will be held via video conference. Please sign up for a time slot on my Stud.IP profile ("Sprechstunden") and you will receive a link to the virtual conference room.


PRIMARY TEXTS (MANDATORY READING)

  • Forster, E.M. Maurice. 1971. London: Penguin, 2005. Print.
  • Walter, George, ed. The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry. London: Penguin, 2006. Print. [selected poems by Wilfred Owen et al.]
  • Hall, Radclyffe. The Well of Loneliness. 1928. London: Penguin, 2015. Print.
  • Orton, Joe. What the Butler Saw. London et al.: Bloomsbury, 1969. Print. [or any other edition]
  • Campo, Rafael. What the Body Told. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1996. Print. [selected poems]
  • Kay, Jackie Trumpet. 1998. London: Picador, 2016. Print.


FURTHER PRIMARY TEXTS (RECOMMENDED READING)

  • Hollinghurst, Alan. The Swimming-Pool Library. 1988. London: Vintage, 2015. Print.
  • Winterson, Jeanette. Oranges Are not the only Fruit. 1985. London: Vintage, 2014. Print.
  • Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. 1928. London: Vintage. 2016. Print.


ASSIGNMENTS

  • [Prüfungsleistung] asynchrones (Gruppen-)Referat (max. 4 Personen; 45-60 min.) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder in Ausnahmefällen: Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]
  • [Aktive Teilnahme] 5 Abstracts, jeweils inklusive Thema, Forschungsstand, These und Outline des Arguments (je 1 Seite insgesamt)

Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the style sheet ("Leitfaden")of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The style sheet not only provides relevant information on how to write a correct bibliography but it may also help you to structure your work according to academic standards.

Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.

  • [Abgabefrist] September 15th, 2021.




Session One, October 21, Introduction

Organisational Matters

  • Assignments

Assignments are graded and mandatory. In order to obtain 6 credits (KP), you will have to give a (group) presentation (Referat, 45-60 min.) on one of the presentation topics specified in the syllabus. In addition to that, you will have to hand in a short term paper (Ausarbeitung, 10 Seiten) by the end of term (March, 15). In exceptional cases, you may hand in a long term paper (Hausarbeit, 15 Seiten) instead of the above. However, an exception is only granted upon consultation.

  • Presentation Topics, Presentation Groups, Video Conferences for Presentation Groups

Presentation Topics are specified on your syllabus. In order to prepare your presentations, please pick a topic, get together in groups (see below) and write up a power-point presentation. Add your audio commentary to the presentation, save the file and send it on to me so that we can discuss your presentation in the video conference for presentation groups (see below). After that, you make your file available on Stud.IP on the Friday before your presentation so that all participants can read/ watch the presentation in time, i.e. before the session/ weekly chat.

Requests regarding your choice of presentation topics can be send to me via e-mail, starting on Wednesday, April 07. I will sign you in in the order of the requests' arrival. Please check this page regularly to see if your requests have been met.

Video Conferences for presentations take place in the second part of the weekly sessions, i.e. Tuesday 11-12 am. Please make sure that you attend the video conference the week before your presentation is due.

  • Active Participation

Active Participation is ungraded but mandatory. In order to fulfil the requirements, you will have to write five abstracts, each including a topic, a state of research, a thesis statement, and a brief outline of your argument (approx. 1 page), in the course of the seminar. You can choose your own topic; however: all abstracts have to address different primary texts. In other words, your abstracts will have to cover five out of six primary materials. They are due by the end of the week (i.e. Friday) that marks the ending of the respective sections, i.e. due date Maurice: November, ??; due date War Poetry: November, ??; due date The Well of Loneliness: December, ??; due date What the Butler Sax: January ??; due date AIDS Writing: January ??; due date Trumpet: Febrary ??.

  • Weekly Chat

In order to discuss the presentations and related topics, I will be in the chatroom Weekly Chat ("Meetings" on our Stud.IP page) during the first part of each session, i.e. Tuesday 10-11 pm. Please make sure to read/ watch the presentations before you join the chat. The second part of each session, i.e. Tuesday 11-12 am, is booked for the respective presentation groups (see video conference for presentation groups)

   Summary: Presentations

1. Pick a presentation topic and contact me via e-mail (starting April, 7). Check below for available places. Presentation groups may consist of a maximum of 4 people. (This number may change, depending on the number of participants.)

2. Contact the other members of your group and prepare your presentation, i.e. power-point presentation with audio commentary.

3. Send me your presentation 8 days before your presentation is scheduled.

4. Discuss your presentation with me in a video conference 7 days, i.e week, before your presentation is scheduled. Video conferences take place on Tuesday, 11-12 am.

5. Upload your file on the Friday before your presentation is scheduled.

6. Join the weekly chat and be ready to answer questions on the day of your presentation. Weekly chats take place on Tuesday, 10-11 am.

Session Two, October 28: Theory Session - Constructing Sexuality

Theory Texts


Guiding Questions

Handouts

Session Three, November 4: Theory Session - Performing Gender

Theory Texts

Guiding Questions

Session Four, November 11: Sexology I - Classifying Male Same-Sex Desire

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

  • Presentation Group:

Video Conference

  • Video Conference Group:
   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Five, November 18: Male Homosexual Traditions: Greek Love vs. Democratic Comradeship

Primary Material

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  • Presentation Group:

Video Conference

  • Video Conference Group:
   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Six, November 25: Comradeship

Primary Material

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Video Conference

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Seven, December 02: Sexology II - Classifying Female Same-Sex Desire

Primary Material

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Video Conference

  • Video Conference Group:
   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Eight, December 09: Exploring Landscapes - Speculative Fiction and the Construction of Space in This Isn't the Sort of Thing

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Video Conference

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Nine, December 16: Exploring History - Waterland as Historiographic Metafiction

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Ten, January 06: Exploring Guilt - Waterland as Confession and Trauma Narrative

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Eleven, January 13: Exploring Nature - Ecocriticism and the Representation of the Environment in Waterland

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Twelve, January 20: Exploring Culture - Space, Literature and and the Processes of Meaning-Making

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   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Thirteen, January 27: Exploring Healing - Memoirs, (Anti-)Pastoral Elegies and the Comfort of Ghosts

Primary Material

Secondary Material

Presentation

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Video Conference

  • Video Conference Group:
   November, 13: Abstract XXX due

Session Fourteen, February 03: Work-in-Progress Session

Guidelines for finding your topic:

Your topic needs to be related to at least one of the primary texts

   March, 15: Term Paper due

Please upload your paper to the folder "Ausarbeitungen und Hausarbeiten" on our Stud.IP page.

Bitte stellen Sie Ihre Prüfungsleistung in den Ordner "Ausarbeitungen und Hausarbeiten" auf unserer Stud.IP-Seite ein.