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123210 VO Literatures in English (2015W)

The Twentieth Century British Novel

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Moodle

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This survey lecture will cover a number of classics from the first and the second half of the 20th century. (Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Golding, Murdoch, Fowles, J.G. Farrell, Swift, McEwan, Barnes, Carter, Amis, Byatt, amongst others).

Assessment and permitted materials

Final written test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will become acquainted with the transition from the modern to the postmodern novel, with typical forms and conventions, and with selected narratological issues.

Examination topics

Lecture accompanied by discussions; power point presentation, Moodle platform.

Reading list

Students are expected to have read the following six works till the end of the semester: James Joyce, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"; Virginia Woolf, "To the Lighthouse"; John Fowles, "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; Graham Swift, "Waterland"; Angela Carter, "Nights at the Circus"; Barnes, "Flaubert's Parrot". All books will be available at the Campus bookstores. A reader with important information will be available at the beginning of the semester.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, ME 812, MA 812 (2); MA 844; UF MA 046
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-321, ME1, MA(2) M3; MA1; UF MA 1B, 4A
Lehrinhalt: 12-0404

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