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123221 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2015W)

Australian Literature

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

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 16.10. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 23.10. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 30.10. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 06.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 13.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 20.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 27.11. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 04.12. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 11.12. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 18.12. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 08.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 15.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 22.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 29.01. 08:00 - 10:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students get to know the creativity of the selected representative Australian literary authors with the emphasis on the 20th and 21st century:
- Analysis and interpretation of the selected literary texts and the application of various critical approaches. Texts will be given to students in class (poetry and short prose, some texts will be made available to students on the e-learning platform).
- Identification of the most significant literary genres and authors, as well as the specificity of the historical and cultural development of Australia, from indigenous, convict to contemporary migrant and multicultural issues and the related issues of literary hybridization.
- Description of different schools of criticism and creative traditions in Australian literary and critical history.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are expected to write a seminar paper or BA thesis (to be handed in by the end of January at the latest), to give an oral presentation of the paper in class, to participate in class discussions and to sit for an end-test. Students must read all the texts discussed in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims and Competences gained:
- Knowledge of the selected Australian authors, with special regard to contemporary literary creativity: novels (My Briliant Career, The Year of Living Dangerously, Five Bells, Sarah Thornhill,), selected short stories and poetry. The list will be handed to the students in class.
- The ability to reflect on different interpretive standpoints, depending on the milieu and the contextualization of literary works in the appropriate socio-political context and to formulate an effective, well argued and linguistically correct oral presentation of the seminar paper in class.

Examination topics

Interactive, e-learning platform for information

Reading list

Texts will be distributed in class or made available on the e-learning platform

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4,
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374

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