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120008 VO Literatures in English (2010S)
Early Women Writers
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Diese LVA gilt für die Masterstudien Englisch nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
Details
Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 11.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 18.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 25.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 15.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 22.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 29.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 06.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 20.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 27.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 10.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 17.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture will be concerned with the first professional women writers, the problems they encountered, the reception they received, and, of course, the work they produced. The time covered will be the Restoration period and the 18th century, and we will concentrate on drama and prose. Aphra Behn is nowadays regarded not only as the first professional woman dramatist, who opened the door of a theatrical career to future generations of women, but also as the 'mother' of the English novel. Her successors had to position themselves vis a vis her controversial model and had to negotiate a space for themselves at a time when drama came under increasing moral pressure, but when the success of the new genre of the novel opened new possibilities for writers.
Assessment and permitted materials
end test
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The course will give a survey of the development of female writing in the 17th and 18th centuries, introduce students to little-known but fascinating female authors and acquaint them with the social conditions of female writing at the time.
Examination topics
lecture
Reading list
a reader will be provided, in case no adequate anthology is available
Association in the course directory
Diplom 343, UF 344, MA 812, MA 844
LI 12-0115, SP-Code 321, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723 / M01
LI 12-0115, SP-Code 321, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723 / M01
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