The lecture and course is part of the Basismodul 7 an focuses on key concepts in cultural studies and techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing culture. This part of the BM7 is structured in 6 subsequent lectures on ''Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts'' followed by 7 courses on ''Key Concepts of Cultural Studies''. Please make sure that you are registered for the lecture and ONE of the courses in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
The lecture and course is part of the Basismodul 7 an focuses on key concepts in cultural studies and techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing culture. This part of the BM7 is consists of 6 lectures on ''Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts'' which are structure into three conceptual blocks:
* Block I: The Formation of historical peroids in literary and cultural studies
* Block II: Primary facts and moments in the study of cultural and literary history
* Block III: Concepts of Cultural Studies
The lectures are followed by 7 courses on ''Key Concepts of Cultural Studies''. Please make sure that you are registered for the lecture and ONE of the courses in Stud.IP and open a [[Help:Account|wiki account]] which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.
The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.
* Sources: [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/1975_culler__structuralist_poetics.pdf Culler 161-178]; [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2005_ludwig__lyrikanalyse.pdf Ludwig, 31-33]; Cambridge Companion to Literatures in English
'''Texts'''
*Poetry Reader
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Structural approach to poetry: communicative situation, themes, metrics and language. Acquire a basic checklist of what to look (first) for in a poem. Recapitulate the basics of metrics and rhyme patterns. Recognise the features of a particular genre and genre conventions: the sonnet.
==Session Three, November 17-18: Analysing Poetry II: Figurative Speech==
Figurative language, interplay. Spot metaphors, similes, etc. the metric pattern and valorise the points where it is broken. Reinforce basic checklist of previous week. Analyse particular features of poetic language (figures of speech, metrical effects).
[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2011_12_wise_assignment1_poetry.pdf Assignment I: Poetry (distributed on Nov 18, due on Nov 25)]
==Session Four, May 10: ==
==Session Four, November 24-25: Analysing Drama I: Rhetoric==
[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2011_12_wise_assignment2_drama.pdf Assignment II: Drama (distributed on Dec 9, due on Dec 16)]
==Session Seven, December 15-16: Critical Debate and Literary Theory I==
'''Material'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1a.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1b.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements, Variety A]
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2.pdf Major Theoretical Approaches and Movements in Relation to Wider Social Issues] and
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/2007-02-06/2007-20c-lit-hist.html Theory and the Wider Market of Debates - A First Draft]
'''Texts'''
'''Texts'''
* [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/1990_greenblatt_critical_terms_for_literary_studies.pdf Greenblatt, Stephen. "Culture." ''Critical Terms for Literary Studies.'' Ed. Lentricchia, Frank. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1990. 252-32. Print.]
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
==Session Eight, December 22-23: Film Analysis: Themes and Techniques==
'''Analytical Tools'''
*Handout: [http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_film_analysis.pdf Film Analysis]
*Link to glossary of terms by Mark Bischoff (based on Monaco): [http://www.filmglossar.de/glossarypdf.htm Glossary]
*Sources:
::Monaco, James. ''How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia: Language, History, Theory.'' 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.
::Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. ''Film Art. An Introduction.'' 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
::Korte, Helmut: ''Einführung in die Systematische Filmanalyse. Ein Arbeitsbuch.'' 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2004.
'''Texts'''
* Ridley Scott (dir.), ''Blade Runner''
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Spectacle, Narratives and Fiction. Film Analysis. [Fiction worksheet]
==Session Nine, June 14: ==
==Session Nine, January 12-13: Analysing Fiction I: Narration and Focalisation==
*[[Rimmon-Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics, London 1983|Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan]]
'''Texts'''
'''Texts'''
*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''.
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Characterisation.
[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/2011_12_wise_assignment3_narratology.pdf Assignment III: Fiction] (distributed on January 20, due on January 26-7) Please find the assignment in your Stud.IP group.
==Session Eleven, January 26-27: Analysing Fiction III: Close Reading==
*[[Rimmon-Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics, London 1983|Excerpt from Rimmon-Kenan]]
'''Texts'''
'''Texts'''
*Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein''.
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Close Reading
==Session Twelve, February 2-3: Critical Debate and Literary Theory II==
==Session Twelve, July 5: ==
'''Material'''
'''Material'''
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1a.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements]
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_1b.pdf Brief Overview of Theoretical Approaches and Movements, Variety A]
*[http://www.anglistik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/BM7/handout_littheory_movements_timeline_2.pdf Major Theoretical Approaches and Movements in Relation to Wider Social Issues] and
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/2007-02-06/2007-20c-lit-hist.html Theory and the Wider Market of Debates - A First Draft]
'''Texts'''
'''Texts'''
*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/intro-to-literature/d/2006_reese_frankenstein_human_rights.pdf Reese, Diana. "A Troubled Legacy, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Inheritance of Human Rights." ]
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Theory and Critical Discussion. Secondary Material.
==Session Thirteen, February 9-10: Recap==
==Session Thirteen, July 12: ==
Written Test: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10-12 h, HS 1
==Session Fourteen A, February 16-17: RPO Projects==
==Session Fourteen A, July 19: RPO Projects==
'''Skills and Activities'''
'''Skills and Activities'''
Revision as of 16:44, 24 February 2012
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Please note: The BM7 module consists of
a seminar ("Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature"),
a tutorial ("Research Methods", offered in the previous winter term) and
a combined lecture and seminar course ('Key Concepts of Cultural Studies').
All students beginning in the winter term 2011/12 need to have enrolled for one of the tutorials called "Reasearch Methods", and a seminar in BM 7. Registration is via Stud.IP.
If you have already completed parts, but not the entire Basismodul in literary and/or cultural studies in previous semesters, please contact Michaela Koch.
On this page you will find detailed information on the eight courses of our seminar "Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature".
Lecture: Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts
3.02.030 - Anton Kirchhofer, Martin Butler - Thu, 18:00-20:00, A14 1-102 (Hörsaal 2)
Course: Key Concepts in Cultural Studies
3.02.031 - Martin Butler - Thu, 12:00-14:00, Room: tba
3.02.037 - Michaela Koch - Fr, 10:00-12:00, A01 0-010 b
3.02.038 - Daniel Glade - Thu, 18:00-20:00, V02 0-004
Tutorials:
The lecture and course is part of the Basismodul 7 an focuses on key concepts in cultural studies and techniques of textual analysis in the context of discussing culture. This part of the BM7 is consists of 6 lectures on Historical Backgrounds and Critical Concepts which are structure into three conceptual blocks:
Block I: The Formation of historical peroids in literary and cultural studies
Block II: Primary facts and moments in the study of cultural and literary history
Block III: Concepts of Cultural Studies
The lectures are followed by 7 courses on Key Concepts of Cultural Studies. Please make sure that you are registered for the lecture and ONE of the courses in Stud.IP and open a wiki account which will enable you to participate in online discussions.
The texts for our courses will come from a common pool, though each course may have a different choice.
The "analytical tools" will be presented by the lecturers (on a handout) in each meeting. The additional reading from which these 'tools' are taken is not obligatory, and it can be done either before or after each session.
Both the texts and the other materials will be made accessible to you electronically (cf. the links below). In addition you will need to purchase two XXXX:
Course work: You will be asked to complete a Written Test (Date: tba), and produce a Research Paper Outline (2 pages, due on Aug 15). For the Research Paper Outline you will need to find your own topic to work on and document the preliminary work (this includes finding an appropriate title, writing a paragraph on the state of the art of your problem and one that describes your problem and your goal, and presenting a tentative table of contents as well as a short bibliography).
