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120058 PS Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) (2009S)

Extra-Marital Love Affairs As a Theme in English Literature. From the Middle Ages to the Present.

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

Diese LVA gilt für das Masterstudium Anglophone Literatures and Cultures 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. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 11.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 18.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 25.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 01.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 22.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 29.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 06.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 13.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 20.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 27.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 03.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 10.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 17.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Wednesday 24.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will provide students with additional theoretical knowledge and research skills (electronic and conventional) and enhance students' competence in interpreting literary texts from different epochs and various genres (drama, poetry, fiction). The texts discussed in class will include Chaucer's The Miller's Tale (1390), the anonymous domestic tragedy Arden of Faversham (c. 1590), Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (1605), a few Elizabethan love songs, John Donne's The Flea and short stories by Thomas Hardy other authors of short fiction from the literatures of the English speaking world of the 20th and 21st centuries. Participants will be given guidelines for writing scholarly papers and be introduced to the use of a wide range of reference books which are indispensable to the scholarly study of literature. - Considering the fact that a large majority of the students of English are going to be teachers of English, approaches to teaching literature in the EFL classroom will likewise be addressed (albeit only cursorily); participants are expected to include in their PS papers a chapter on how to teach the text under discussion in an Austrian EFL classroom.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation in the discussions, one presentation per participant (about 20 mins); a proseminar-paper in English (3.500 words+; to be handed in one week before the presentation) and a final test, which requires a thorough knowledge of both the course-materials handed out and of all the texts interpreted in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

advancing students' theoretical and practical skills in the analysis and interpretation of literary texts, advancing practical skills in writing research papers; developing basic proficiency in teaching literature in the EFL classroom.

Examination topics

interactive, computer-aided teaching with a few lecture units, cooperative teaching units and students' presentations and forum discussion.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

304, 701, 1111

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