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120021 SE Literary Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA British/Irish/New English (2010S)

When texts turn self-conscious: metatextuality in literature and the visual arts

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 16.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 23.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 13.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 20.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 27.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 04.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 11.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 18.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 01.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 08.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 15.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 22.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 29.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Post-modern literature has been said to be largely metaliterary – turning in on itself, examining its own conditions and flaunting its distinctive status as a work of art. While in this seminar we will look at new metatexts to see literary self-reflexivity take its perplexing (and very often quite funny) culmination, the emphasis in this course will be on the formal and medial diversity of the metatextual as an essential aesthetic and philosophical device.
- When did artists begin to dissociate themselves from the real and the social, instead turning inwards to examine their own craft? What is the attraction of texts which subtly point to their own aesthetic make-up? Why would authors wish to jeopardize the frail construct of aesthetic illusion by undermining the law of celare artem, one of art’s most important aesthetic tenets? And what are the techniques developed in painting, drama, poetry, narrative fiction, TV-drama and film to achieve metatextuality and heightened reader-consciousness? - Texts discussed will range from Shakespeare and Stoppard to Sex and the City and The Simpsons.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment will be on the basis of attendance, active participation, small assignments, an oral presentation, a short written exam, and a seminar paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course aims at a) discussing auto-referentiality as a major aesthetic mode b) teaching a topic-related analytical toolkit c) enabling students to apply their knowledge and skills in their own projects d) alerting students to related issues such as aesthetic illusion and intermediality.

Examination topics

Lecture, group work, eLearning, classroom discussion, audio- and video-excerpts, student presentations, home study, seminar paper.

Reading list

A reader with extracts from non-fictional sources and shorter literary texts will be provided. Powerpoint-presentations can be downloaded from the eLearning platform. Copies of the longer texts presented during the term will be available from one of the campus bookshops. There will be several screenings throughout the term.

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 812
LI 12-0216, SP-Code 322, 326/328, 336/338, 821, 721-723 / BA12 / M04, M07

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