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	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
			*cf. HANDAPPARAT (library), also:
	*English, James F. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter 2002): 109-35.		*English, James F. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter 2002): 109-35.
	*English, James F. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Harvard. 2005. [HA; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.		*English, James F. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Harvard. 2005. [HA; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.

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	===Session 1 Thu, 24.04.2014===		===Session 1 Thu, 24.04.2014===
	*Introduction, Seminar Plan		*Introduction, Seminar Plan
			*What is an allegory? Cf. [[Figurative Speech]]

	==Part I: Close Reading==		==Part I: Close Reading==
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	[Specify research interest until 12 June]		[Specify research interest until 12 June]

	==Part II: "National Allegories": The Jameson/Ahmad Controversy==		==Part II: Prizing "National Allegories": The Jameson/Ahmad Controversy and the Booker Prize ==

	===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===		===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===
	*What is an allegory? Cf. [[Figurative Speech]]		*"National Allegories" I – Fredric Jameson’s Offer for Debate
	*"National Allegories" – ~~The debate about~~ Fredric Jameson’s ~~"Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism"~~
	:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]		:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]
	~~:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466475 Ahmad, Aijaz. "Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'". ''Social Text'' 17 (1987): 3-25.]~~

	===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===		===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===
	*~~JM Coetzee~~'s ''~~Disgrace~~'' (~~1999~~) ~~as national allegory?~~		*"National Allegories" II – Ahmad's Response
			:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466475 Ahmad, Aijaz. "Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'". ''Social Text'' 17 (1987): 3-25.]

	===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===		===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===
	*~~Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) as national allegory?~~		*The Man Booker Prize for Fiction and National Allegories

	~~==Part III:~~ The Man Booker Prize for Fiction and National Allegories==

	===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===		===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===
	*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999)~~: Winner of the Booker Prize 1999~~		*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) as national allegory?
	*prizes and press

	===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===		===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===
	*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007)~~: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007~~		*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) as national allegory?
	*prizes and press

	[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]		[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]

	==Part IV: Discussion, History and Outlook==		==Part III: Discussion, History and Outlook==

	===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===		===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===

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	*'''Course Description''':		*'''Course Description''':

	In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" in which he described its distinct characteristics. According to Jameson, all "third-world texts", and particularly the novel, are "national allegories": they portray public events, culture and society through the story of private individuals. A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms of "third-world literature" and "national allegory" all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' ~~lay~~ the ~~grounds~~ for a controversy between Postcolonial and Marxist theorists.		In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" in which he described its distinct characteristics. According to Jameson, all "third-world texts", and particularly the novel, are "national allegories": they portray public events, culture and society through the story of private individuals. A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms of "third-world literature" and "national allegory" all too quickly. The exchange, which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'', laid the groundwork for a controversy between Postcolonial and Marxist theorists.

	In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).		In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).

Anna Auguscik at 09:18, 1 March 2014

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	*'''Course Description''':		*'''Course Description''':

	In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" in which he described ~~the~~ distinct characteristics ~~of "third-world literature"~~. According to Jameson, all "third-world texts", and particularly the novel, portray public events, culture and society through the story of private individuals~~. He coined the term "national allegory" to explain the concept~~. A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms of "third-world literature" and "national allegory" all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between ~~postcolonial~~ and ~~marxist~~ theorists.		In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" in which he described its distinct characteristics. According to Jameson, all "third-world texts", and particularly the novel, are "national allegories": they portray public events, culture and society through the story of private individuals. A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms of "third-world literature" and "national allegory" all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between Postcolonial and Marxist theorists.

	In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).		In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).

Anna Auguscik at 09:06, 1 March 2014

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	*'''Course Description''':		*'''Course Description''':

	In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" ~~where~~ he described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature" ~~as portraying~~ public ~~(historical~~, ~~national) events via~~ private individuals ~~(characters) for which he used~~ the ~~concept of~~ "national allegory". A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.		In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" in which he described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature". According to Jameson, all "third-world texts", and particularly the novel, portray public events, culture and society through the story of private individuals. He coined the term "national allegory" to explain the concept. A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms of "third-world literature" and "national allegory" all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.

	In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).		In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).

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	*'''Course Description''':		*'''Course Description''':

	In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an ~~article called~~ "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism"~~. Jameson~~ described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature" as portraying public (historical, national) events via private individuals (characters) for which he used the concept of "national allegory". A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.		In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an essay on "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism" where he described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature" as portraying public (historical, national) events via private individuals (characters) for which he used the concept of "national allegory". A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.

	In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007)~~. In a second step, we will~~ discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy ~~and see~~ if and how they work as "national allegories". In a ~~third~~ step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).		In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) and discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy. We will gauge if and how they work as "national allegories". In a second step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).

	Please, make sure to purchase and read the two novels in advance (both will be made available at the CvO bookshop). Your reading of them is prerequisite to the course.		Please, make sure to purchase and read the two novels in advance (both will be made available at the CvO bookshop). Your reading of them is prerequisite to the course.

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	:*Ian McEwan. ''On Chesil Beach'' [2007]. London: Vintage, 2008.		:*Ian McEwan. ''On Chesil Beach'' [2007]. London: Vintage, 2008.

	*~~Please register~~ via Stud.IP~~. The registration date and time will be communicated via listserver and/or email~~. For a preliminary seminar plan, see below.		In addition, you can obtain a copy of Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' [1814] (Oxford: OUP, 1998).

			*'''Registration via Stud.IP''' from 10 March 14, 17:00. For a preliminary seminar plan, see below.

	*'''Course Requirements'''		*'''Course Requirements'''
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	*Huggan, Graham. "Prizing 'Otherness': A Short History of the Booker." ''Studies in the Novel'' 29.3 (Fall 1997): 412-33.		*Huggan, Graham. "Prizing 'Otherness': A Short History of the Booker." ''Studies in the Novel'' 29.3 (Fall 1997): 412-33.
	*Huggan, Graham. ''The Postcolonial Exotic. Marketing the Margins''. London. Routledge. 2001. [HA]		*Huggan, Graham. ''The Postcolonial Exotic. Marketing the Margins''. London. Routledge. 2001. [HA]
			*Roberts, Gillian. ''Prizing Literature: The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture''. Cultural Spaces. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2011. [HA]
	*Squires, Claire. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4 (2004): 37-47.		*Squires, Claire. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4 (2004): 37-47.
	*Squires, Claire. ''Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain''. London: Palgrave Macmillian. 2007. [HA]		*Squires, Claire. ''Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain''. London: Palgrave Macmillian. 2007. [HA]
			*Strongman, Luke. ''The Booker Prize and the Legacy of Empire''. Cross/Cultures: Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English. 54. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi, 2002. [HA]
	*Todd, Richard. ''Consuming Fictions: The Booker Prize and Fiction in Britain Today''. London, England: Bloomsbury. 1996. [HA; esp. Chapter 2: "Literary Prizes and the Media." 55-94.]		*Todd, Richard. ''Consuming Fictions: The Booker Prize and Fiction in Britain Today''. London, England: Bloomsbury. 1996. [HA; esp. Chapter 2: "Literary Prizes and the Media." 55-94.]

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	In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an article called "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". Jameson described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature" as portraying public (historical, national) events via private individuals (characters) for which he used the concept of "national allegory". A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.		In 1986, literary critic Fredric Jameson published an article called "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". Jameson described the distinct characteristics of "third-world literature" as portraying public (historical, national) events via private individuals (characters) for which he used the concept of "national allegory". A year later, another literary theorist, Aijaz Ahmad, responded to Jameson's article and criticized the simplifications and generalizations which ensued from combining the two terms all too quickly. The exchange which was given room on the pages of the literary periodical ''Social Text'' lay the grounds for a controversy between postcolonial and marxist theorists.

	In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007). In a second step, we will discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy and see if and how they work as 'national allegories'. In a third step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept.		In our seminar, we will read and analyse two contemporary novels, JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) and Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007). In a second step, we will discuss them with reference to the Jameson/Ahmad controversy and see if and how they work as "national allegories". In a third step, we will take a look at these critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels and test the question if awards, in particular the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, aim at recognizing titles which correspond with Jameson's concept. Finally, we will take a look at the historical dimension of novels as "national allegories" and discuss selected passages from one of the most popular historical novels, Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814).

	Please, make sure to purchase and read the two novels in advance (both will be made available at the CvO bookshop). Your reading of them is prerequisite to the course.		Please, make sure to purchase and read the two novels in advance (both will be made available at the CvO bookshop). Your reading of them is prerequisite to the course.
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	:*Ian McEwan. ''On Chesil Beach'' [2007]. London: Vintage, 2008.		:*Ian McEwan. ''On Chesil Beach'' [2007]. London: Vintage, 2008.

	*For a preliminary seminar plan, see below.		*Please register via Stud.IP. The registration date and time will be communicated via listserver and/or email. For a preliminary seminar plan, see below.

	*'''Course Requirements'''		*'''Course Requirements'''
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	[Specify research interest until 12 June]		[Specify research interest until 12 June]

	==Part II: "National Allegories"==		==Part II: "National Allegories": The Jameson/Ahmad Controversy==

	===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===		===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===
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	*"National Allegories" – The debate about Fredric Jameson’s "Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism"		*"National Allegories" – The debate about Fredric Jameson’s "Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism"
	:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]		:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]
	:[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466475 Ahmad, Aijaz. "Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'". ''Social Text'' 17 (1987): 3-25.]		:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466475 Ahmad, Aijaz. "Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'". ''Social Text'' 17 (1987): 3-25.]

	===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===		===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===
	*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) as national allegory		*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) as national allegory?

	===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===		===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===
	*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) as national allegory		*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) as national allegory?

	==Part III: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction and National Allegories==		==Part III: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction and National Allegories==
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	===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===		===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===
	*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999): Winner of the Booker Prize 1999		*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999): Winner of the Booker Prize 1999
			*prizes and press

	===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===		===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===
	*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007): Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007		*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007): Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007
			*prizes and press

	[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]		[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]

	==Part IV: Discussion and Outlook==		==Part IV: Discussion, History and Outlook==

	===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===		===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===
	*Historical perspective and discussion		*Historical perspective and discussion
			*Please read: Chapter [tba] in Walter Scott's ''Waverley'' (1814)
	*course evaluation		*course evaluation

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	===Bibliography===		===Bibliography===
	'''Reading ~~Material~~'''		'''Required Reading'''
			*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466475 Ahmad, Aijaz. "Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness and the 'National Allegory'". ''Social Text'' 17 (1987): 3-25.]
			*Coetzee, JM. ''Disgrace'' [1999]. London: Vintage, 2000.
			*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]
			*McEwan, Ian. ''On Chesil Beach'' [2007]. London: Vintage, 2008.
			*Scott, Walter. ''Waverley''. Oxford: OUP, 1998.

	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
	*~~Huggan~~, ~~Graham. 1994~~. "~~The Postcolonial Exotic~~: ~~Salman Rushdie~~ and the ~~Booker~~ of ~~Bookers~~." ''~~Transition~~'' 64: 22-29.		*English, James F. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter 2002): 109-35.
	*~~Todd~~, ~~Richard. 1996~~. ''~~Consuming Fictions~~: ~~The Booker Prize~~ and ~~Fiction in Britain Today~~''. ~~London, England: Bloomsbury~~. [HA; esp. Chapter 2: "~~Literary Prizes~~ and the ~~Media~~." 55-94.]		*English, James F. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Harvard. 2005. [HA; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.
	*Huggan, Graham~~. 1997~~. "Prizing 'Otherness': A Short History of the Booker." ''Studies in the Novel'' 29.3 (Fall): 412-33.		*Huggan, Graham. "The Postcolonial Exotic: Salman Rushdie and the Booker of Bookers." ''Transition'' (1994) 64: 22-29.
	*Huggan, Graham~~. 2001~~. ''The Postcolonial Exotic. Marketing the Margins''. London. Routledge. [HA]		*Huggan, Graham. "Prizing 'Otherness': A Short History of the Booker." ''Studies in the Novel'' 29.3 (Fall 1997): 412-33.
	*English, James F. 2002. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter): 109-35.		*Huggan, Graham. ''The Postcolonial Exotic. Marketing the Margins''. London. Routledge. 2001. [HA]
	*Squires, Claire~~. 2004~~. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4: 37-47.		*Squires, Claire. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4 (2004): 37-47.
	*~~English~~, ~~James F. 2005~~. ''The ~~Economy~~ of ~~Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value~~''. ~~Harvard~~. [HA~~; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.~~		*Squires, Claire. ''Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain''. London: Palgrave Macmillian. 2007. [HA]
	*~~Squires~~, ~~Claire. 2007~~. ''~~Marketing Literature~~: The ~~Making of Contemporary Writing~~ in Britain''. London: ~~Palgrave Macmillian~~. [HA]		*Todd, Richard. ''Consuming Fictions: The Booker Prize and Fiction in Britain Today''. London, England: Bloomsbury. 1996. [HA; esp. Chapter 2: "Literary Prizes and the Media." 55-94.]

	'''More Reading'''		'''More Reading'''
	*Attridge, Derek. "Against Allegory: Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, and the Question of Literary Reading." J.M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual. Ed. Jane Poyner. Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2006. 63-82.		*Attridge, Derek. "Against Allegory: Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, and the Question of Literary Reading." J.M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual. Ed. Jane Poyner. Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2006. 63-82.
			*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1983_trevor-roper_the_invention_of_tradition.pdf Trevor-Roper, Hugh. "The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland." ''The Invention of Tradition'' ed. Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1st. ed. 1983, repr. 2003. 15-42.]

	'''Tools'''		'''Tools'''

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	===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===		===Session 6 Thu, 12.06.2014===
	*What is an allegory?		*What is an allegory? Cf. [[Figurative Speech]]
	*"National Allegories" – The debate about Fredric Jameson’s "Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism"		*"National Allegories" – The debate about Fredric Jameson’s "Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism"
	:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]		:*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/466493 Jameson, Fredric. "Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism". ''Social Text'' 15 (1986): 65-88.]
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	===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===		===Session 7 Thu, 19.06.2014===
			*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) as national allegory

			===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===
			*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007) as national allegory

	==Part III: ==		==Part III: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction and National Allegories==

	~~===Session 8 Thu, 26.06.2014===~~
	*Literary Prize Culture in the UK and The Man Booker Prize for Fiction~~: History~~ and ~~Critique~~

	===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===		===Session 9 Thu, 03.07.2014===
	*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999) ~~as prize-winning novels~~		*JM Coetzee's ''Disgrace'' (1999): Winner of the Booker Prize 1999

	===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===		===Session 10 Thu, 10.07.2014===
	*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007)		*Ian McEwan's ''On Chesil Beach'' (2007): Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007

	[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]		[Hand in RPOs until 17 July]
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	===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===		===Session 11 Thu, 17.07.2014===
	*Historical perspective and ~~dis~~		*Historical perspective and discussion
	*course evaluation		*course evaluation

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	*English, James F. 2002. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter): 109-35.		*English, James F. 2002. "Winning the Culture Game: Prizes, Awards, and the Rules of Art." ''New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation'' 33.1 (Winter): 109-35.
	*Squires, Claire. 2004. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4: 37-47.		*Squires, Claire. 2004. "A Common Ground? Book Prize Culture in Europe." ''Javnost: The Public'' 11.4: 37-47.
	*English, James F. 2005. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Harvard. [HA; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.]		*English, James F. 2005. ''The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value''. Harvard. [HA; esp. Chapter 9: "The New Rhetoric of Prize Commentary." 197-216.
	*Squires, Claire. 2007. ''Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain''. London: Palgrave Macmillian. [HA]		*Squires, Claire. 2007. ''Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain''. London: Palgrave Macmillian. [HA]

			'''More Reading'''
			*Attridge, Derek. "Against Allegory: Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, and the Question of Literary Reading." J.M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual. Ed. Jane Poyner. Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2006. 63-82.

	'''Tools'''		'''Tools'''
	*Handout: [[Traditions in our discourse about literature]]		*Handout: [[Traditions in our discourse about literature]]
	*Handout: [[Narratology]]		*Handout: [[Narratology]]


	===Reading Tips===		===Reading Tips===
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	*What was your immediate reaction after/during your reading? Justified nomination for Man Booker Prize?		*What was your immediate reaction after/during your reading? Justified nomination for Man Booker Prize?
	*How did others react? Reviews, blogs...		*How did others react? Reviews, blogs...


	==Links==		==Links==

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