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120034 PS Introductory Seminar (literature) (2008S)

The 'Long' 18th Century

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

Anrechenbar als Wahlfach 701 für UniStG-Diplomstudienplan. ECTS UF Englisch: 3.00

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.04. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 09.04. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 16.04. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 23.04. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 30.04. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 07.05. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 14.05. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 21.05. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 28.05. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 04.06. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 11.06. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 18.06. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 25.06. 17:00 - 19:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will focus on the cultural diversity of the 'Long' 18th Century - the time span from 1660-1789/98 which subdivides into periods as heterogeneous as the Restoration era, the Augustan Age and the Age of Sensibility. To elucidate the refashioning of late 17th century aristocratic into 'bourgeois' culture, it will take a comparative look at Wycherley's notoriously bawdy Restoration comedy The Country Wife and Lillo's 'sentimental' domestic tragedy The London Merchant. With regard to fiction, it will compare Fielding's 'picaresque' novel Joseph Andrews with selected passages taken from Bunyan's narrative allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, Richardson's epistolary novel Pamela, and Sterne's A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. Further texts to be discussed in class will include Dryden's mock heroic satire Mc Flecknoe, entries from Samuel Pepys' Diary and poems written by Sir Wilmont the 2nd Earl of Rochester, Pope, Swift, Gray etc.

Assessment: class participation; presentation; term paper, final written exam.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Research-based analysis of poetry, drama & fiction.

Examination topics

Interactive introductory seminar.

Reading list

A master copy will be provided.

Association in the course directory

304, 701; K225

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