2007-08 BM1: Session 2 - Revision history

Olaf Simons at 11:15, 30 October 2007

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	<small>Back to [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1]]</small>		<small>Back to [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1]]</small>
			*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/pre/2007-10-30.html presentation]

	==Intro==		==Intro==

Olaf Simons: /* Materials */

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Materials

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 *you may create your own periods!
 *you may prefer to identify and discuss historical developments
 *you can prefer to speak about a decade or about "the early 18th century" to create an open historical space in which you can identify confrontations and developments as they were visible at the time

Olaf Simons: /* More complex or differentiated perspectives */

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More complex or differentiated perspectives

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	*Periods are a complex battleground		*Periods are a complex battleground
	:*used to produce histories in contexts of scholarly and ideological confrontations,		:*used to produce histories in contexts of scholarly and ideological confrontations,
	:*used by movements to either identify and position themselves or others as historical agents.		:*used by movements to either identify and position themselves or others as historical agents.
			===Materials to look into===
			*[[William Salmon, The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694 (1694)\|William Salmon, ''The London almanack for the year of our Lord 1694'' (1694)]], esp.the chapter on the "hieroglyphs".
			*[[John Goldsmith, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC. (1800)\|John Goldsmith, ''An almanack for the year of our Lord God, M.DCCC.'' (1800)]], esp. the historical data selections at the end.

	==Consequences==		==Consequences==

Olaf Simons at 17:52, 28 October 2007

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	*you may prefer to identify and discuss historical developments		*you may prefer to identify and discuss historical developments
	*you can prefer to speak about a decade or about "the early 18th century" to create an open historical space in which you can identify confrontations and developments as they were visible at the time		*you can prefer to speak about a decade or about "the early 18th century" to create an open historical space in which you can identify confrontations and developments as they were visible at the time

	~~==beyond the scope of this lecture==~~
	~~Think of periods and genres with a similar theoretical approach.~~


	===Materials===		===Materials===

Olaf Simons at 17:39, 28 October 2007

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	<small>Back to [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1]]</small>		<small>Back to [[2007-08 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1]]</small>

	*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/2007-10-30/2007-10-30-start.html presentation]

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	:*[[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)#Contents\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987), Contents.]]		:*[[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)#Contents\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987), Contents.]]

	Options and tendencies of ~~Anglo-Saxon~~ histories of literature:		Options and tendencies of histories of English literature:
	:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.		:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.
	:*to create long periods - like the "Early Modern Period" or the "long 18th century"		:*to create long periods - like the "Early Modern Period" or the "long 18th century"
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	:*See [[H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969)#A Chronological survey?\|H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969).]]		:*See [[H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969)#A Chronological survey?\|H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969).]]
	*our systems of periodisation are supported by notions like the contemporaneity of succeeding periods (Kosellek's: "Ungleichzeitigkeit des Gleichzeitigen") - an idea which creates histories of succeeding movements often at odds with the strict chronology of events (Locke's enlightenment does actually precede Handel's baroque music...)		*our systems of periodisation are supported by notions like the contemporaneity of succeeding periods (Kosellek's: "Ungleichzeitigkeit des Gleichzeitigen") - an idea which creates histories of succeeding movements often at odds with the strict chronology of events (Locke's enlightenment does actually precede Handel's baroque music...)
	*periods produce histories of interacting agents - the interaction we speak of is far more than a picture of the confrontations we can find on the map of historical debates		*periods produce histories of interacting agents - the interaction we speak of is far more than a picture of the confrontations we can find on the map of historical debates (there were no proponents of the enlightenment fighting against those of the baroque movement, one did not think about a "medieval" before 1500).
	*periods give instant final answers: you wonder why something has the qualities it has got - its typical of that period		*periods give instant final answers: you wonder why something has the qualities it has got - its typical of that period

Olaf Simons: /* Received Notions on Periods in Literary History */

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Received Notions on Periods in Literary History

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	* Middle Ages, Early Modern Period (Renaissance, Civil War/Interregnum, Restoration, Augustan Age/Classicism, 18th Century, Age of Enlightenment, Age of Sensibility), Modern Period (Romanticism, Victoran era, Modernism, Postmodernism).		* Middle Ages, Early Modern Period (Renaissance, Civil War/Interregnum, Restoration, Augustan Age/Classicism, 18th Century, Age of Enlightenment, Age of Sensibility), Modern Period (Romanticism, Victoran era, Modernism, Postmodernism).
	:*[[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)#Contents\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987), Contents.]]		:*[[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)#Contents\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987), Contents.]]
	*Options and tendencies of Anglo-Saxon histories of literature:
			Options and tendencies of Anglo-Saxon histories of literature:
	:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.		:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.
	:*to create long periods - like the "Early Modern Period" or the "long 18th century"		:*to create long periods - like the "Early Modern Period" or the "long 18th century"

Olaf Simons: /* Received Notions on Periods in Literary History */

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Received Notions on Periods in Literary History

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	*Options and tendencies of Anglo-Saxon histories of literature:		*Options and tendencies of Anglo-Saxon histories of literature:
	:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.		:*to begin the renaissance with Chaucer, i.e. around 1350 - early development together with Italy.
	:*to create long periods - like the ~~early modern period~~ or the "long 18th century"		:*to create long periods - like the "Early Modern Period" or the "long 18th century"
	:*to create subdivisions under political headings - the "Tudors", the "Restoration", "The Victorian Era" (German histories of literature can hardly do this with periods before 1873).		:*to create subdivisions under political headings - the "Tudors", the "Restoration", "The Victorian Era" (German histories of literature can hardly do this with periods before 1873).

Olaf Simons: /* Intro */

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Intro

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	==Intro==		==Intro==
			*A look into: [[Harry Blamires, A Short History of English Literature (1974)]]
	*~~Quote Pat Rogers, Foreword to~~ [[~~Pat Rogers (ed.)~~, ~~The Oxford Illustrated~~ History of English Literature (~~1987)#Foreword\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature'' (1987~~)]].		*A look into: [[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature (1987)]].

	*~~Quote "Table of Contents" of~~ [[Pat Rogers (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature ~~(1987)#Foreword\|Pat Rogers (ed.), ''The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature''~~ (1987)]].

	*Two Questions:		*Two Questions:

Olaf Simons: /* Second Thoughts */

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Second Thoughts

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	==Second Thoughts==		==Second Thoughts==
	*different histories of literature offer different periodisations		*different histories of literature offer different periodisations
	~~:*See [[Harry Blamires, A Short History of English Literature (1974)]]~~
	*there is a continuous debate of how to properly understand and define the different periods		*there is a continuous debate of how to properly understand and define the different periods
	*the debate is marked by a problematic circularity: the period's definition predetermines the proper exploration of materials belonging into the period		*the debate is marked by a problematic circularity: the period's definition predetermines the proper exploration of materials belonging into the period

Olaf Simons: /* Second Thoughts */

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Second Thoughts

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	*periods can refer to periods of time (e.g. enlightenment 1660-1790) and to styles and ideas (age of reason) at the same time;		*periods can refer to periods of time (e.g. enlightenment 1660-1790) and to styles and ideas (age of reason) at the same time;
	*the style or idea we identify with a period becomes the central object to be explained at the cost of all other things one could explore when dealing with the same era		*the style or idea we identify with a period becomes the central object to be explained at the cost of all other things one could explore when dealing with the same era
	:*See [[H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969)#A Chronological survey?]]		:*See [[H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969)#A Chronological survey?\|H. A. und E. Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, 5 Aufl. (1969).]]
	*our systems of periodisation are supported by notions like the contemporaneity of succeeding periods (Kosellek's: "Ungleichzeitigkeit des Gleichzeitigen") - an idea which creates histories of succeeding movements often at odds with the strict chronology of events (Locke's enlightenment does actually precede Handel's baroque music...)		*our systems of periodisation are supported by notions like the contemporaneity of succeeding periods (Kosellek's: "Ungleichzeitigkeit des Gleichzeitigen") - an idea which creates histories of succeeding movements often at odds with the strict chronology of events (Locke's enlightenment does actually precede Handel's baroque music...)
	*periods produce histories of interacting agents - the interaction we speak of is far more than a picture of the confrontations we can find on the map of historical debates		*periods produce histories of interacting agents - the interaction we speak of is far more than a picture of the confrontations we can find on the map of historical debates