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123046 PS Proseminar Literature (2013S)

Puritan Literature

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

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).

Registration is open from Th 14.02.2013 00:00 to Tu 19.02.2013 23:59
Registration is open from Mo 25.02.2013 00:00 to Fr 01.03.2013 23:59
Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2013 23:59

Details

max. 24 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Michael Draxlbauer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 13.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 20.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 10.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 17.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 24.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 08.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 15.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 22.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 29.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 05.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 12.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 19.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday 26.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will discuss major texts written by so-called "Puritans" (Separatists, Congregationalists, Calvinists) in the 17th century, from the time of their persecution under James I and the mass emigration to "New England" through the Commonwealth to the Restoration era, texts (mostly excerpts) by William Bradford, John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, John Milton, John Bunyan, and Cotton and Increase Mather.
We will also read the frist "Puritan" novel, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe" (1719), and Arthurt Miller's play about the Massachusetts witch craze (and contemporary McCarthyism), The Crucible (1953).

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in class, quality of the term paper (and its presentation in class) and the short assignments.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class aims at advancing participants' theoretical and practical skills in literary criticism and at familiarising them with the basic techniques required for writing an academic paper.

Examination topics

Classroom discussion, presentations, research assignments.

Reading list

The reading list and Moodle materials will be presented on March 13.
Arthur Miller's The Crucible available at Facultas am Campus (Hof 1).

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: Diplom 304, 701, UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3040

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