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123251 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) British/Irish/New English (2013W)

Monty Python meet Father Ted: Classics of TV Comedy

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

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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 Mo 16.09.2013 00:00 to Su 22.09.2013 23:59
Registration is open from We 25.09.2013 00:00 to We 02.10.2013 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Werner Huber

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 11.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 18.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 25.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 08.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 15.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 22.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 29.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 06.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 13.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 10.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 17.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 24.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Friday 31.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

"And Now for Something Completely Different" -- Intertextual echoes, phrases and memes ("this is an ex-parrot") from comedy shows such as 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' or 'Fawlty Towers' ("Don't mention the war") have become part and parcel of popular culture and general knowledge. As evergreen classics of TV comedy they deserve close scrutiny from a literary-historical perspective. This course will set out by exploring their origins in the academic milieu of Oxbridge (e.g. 'Beyond the Fringe') before moving on to comedy shows based on other varieties of social and national diversification: e.g. 'Goodness Gracious Me', 'The Kumars at No. 42' (Black British), 'Father Ted' (Irish).

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation in class, PowerPoint presentation, final test (written).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this course is to analyse how issues of ethnic, social, and cultural identities have been negotiated in TV comedies that have become cult classics.

Examination topics

Team presentations, class discussion; classroom discourse will be supplemented by visual aids.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3251

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