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127012 KO Critical Readings in Literature (2022S)

Irish Women's Travel Writing

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 04.03. 18:15 - 19:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Freitag 18.03. 18:15 - 19:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Freitag 25.03. 18:15 - 19:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Freitag 01.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 08.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Freitag 29.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 06.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 13.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 20.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 27.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 03.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 10.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 17.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Freitag 24.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The history of Ireland is in many respects a history of travel. However, Irish travel writing about foreign countries, particularly the many novels, journals, autobiographies, and travel books by Irish women writers to places as diverse as continental Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America, remains largely terra incognita for scholars and the general reading public.

In this course, we’ll examine Irish women’s travel writing from the late nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the extent to which women’s travel writing reflected, embodied, or problematized a traditionally masculine mode of writing and experience as well as contributed to the making of individual and collective Irish identities.

Close readings of primary texts will be supplemented by recent theoretical developments and critical methodologies (e.g. mobility studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies) as we consider, among other things, the effects of travelling and migration on (re)conceptualizations of gender, nationalism, and the embodied experience of space and time.

A screening of the 2010 documentary "Who is Dervla Murphy?" will be held during the semester. In addition, an Irish travel writer may be invited to speak about her work.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance (max. 2 absences) and active participation in discussions; oral presentation; portfolio consisting of individual assignments

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

In-class and online participation (e.g., active in-class participation, forum posts): 25%
Oral presentation: 30%
Portfolio of written work (three essays, 1,000 words each): 45%

Overall Score of 100%, pass-mark 60%

Scale:
1: 100-90%
2: 89-80%
3: 79-70%
4: 69-60%
5: 59-0%

In order to pass, you need to fulfill each individual requirement and complete tasks on time. Unfortunately, late submissions cannot be accepted. You can miss two classes.

The plagiarism detection software Turnitin will be used on most written assignments.

Prüfungsstoff

There will be no written exam. Rather, students are responsible for the required readings as well as everything covered during class. Secondary readings will be made available on Moodle.

Literatur

Primary literature

Melesina Trench, Journal Kept During a Visit to Germany

Catherine Wilmot, An Irish peer on the continent 1801-1803

Helen Dufferin, Lispings from Low Latitudes: or, Extracts from the Journal of the Hon. Impulsia Gushington (1863)

Beatrice Grimshaw, From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands (1907)

Emily Lucy de Burgh Daly, An Irishwoman in China (1916)

Margaret Noble (Sister Nivedita), 'Notes of Some Wanderings with The Swami Vivekananda' (1913), 'Kedar Nath and Badri Narayan: A Pilgrim’s Diary' (1910), and 'Glimpses of Famine and Flood in East Bengal in 1906'

Dervla Murphy, Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle (1965)

Monica Connell, Against a Peacock Sky (1991) [optional]

Dervla Murphy, Transylvania and Beyond: A Travel Memoir' (1992)

Rosita Boland, Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel (2019)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA08.3; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3000

Letzte Änderung: Mi 13.04.2022 05:08