Universität Wien

120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies (2024S)

Mikhail Bakhtin

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 13.03. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 20.03. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 10.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 17.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 24.04. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 08.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 15.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 22.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 29.05. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 05.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 12.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 19.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 26.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This interactive course will offer an introduction to a range of theoretical perspectives and traditions emerging from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, including
the carnivalesque, Menippean Satire, & the comic tradition of the burlesque
the grotesque body
the Feast of Fools, the Land of Cockayne
the chronotope
Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection
the dialogic novel/the dialogic self
polyglossia & heteroglossia

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular Attendance, Classroom Discussion 10%, Oral Presentation 20%, Written Assignment 20%, Term Paper 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students have to fulfill all course requirements (each with at least 50%) and to score at least 60 points altogether to pass this course.10 Points (Maximum) Classroom Discussion, 20 Points (Maximum) Oral Presentation, 20 Points (Maximum) Written Assignment, 50 Points (Maximum) Term Paper
Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p

Examination topics

The texts, movies, and topics dealt with in class.

Reading list

Secondary Sources:
Mikhail Bakhtin, Rabelais and His World
Mikhail Bakhtin, Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics

Primary Sources:
Rabelais, Gargantua et Pantagruel (excerpts)
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Swift, Gulliver's Travels
James Joyce, "The Dead"
Monty Python, The Life of Brian
Rafael Azcona und Francis Blanche, La Grande Bouffe

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612;
Code/Modul: BA09.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4040

Last modified: Mo 29.04.2024 12:45