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123425 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2016W)
High Modernism
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).
- Registration is open from Th 15.09.2016 00:00 to Th 22.09.2016 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2016 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 07.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 14.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 21.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 28.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 04.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 11.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 18.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 25.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 02.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 09.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 16.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 13.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 20.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 27.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar focuses on High Modernist literature: i.e. on highly experimental texts which emerged in the inter-war period between 1918 & 1939. As many High Modernist authors such as T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald worked on both sides of the Atlantic, this course focuses on English and American Studies respectively. Other (non-transatlantic) High Modernists to be looked at include Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.The rewriting of ancient mythology as an ordering device for an increasingly chaotic and war-struck present (known as ‘mythical method’) will be a central aspect to be looked at in this course. As Modernist art is notoriously experimental if not to say ‘difficult’, genuine interest in ‘writerly’ rather than ‘readerly’ texts is essential for participation.
Assessment and permitted materials
Student presentation; participation in class; academic term paper
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
General and specialist knowledge in the field of High Modernism. Text- & context-based approaches to the study of literature and culture. Presentation skills. Academic research and writing skills.
Examination topics
Interactive debate & presentation. Textual & cultural analysis. Individual research & academic writing.
Reading list
Hemingway, "A Very Short Story", "Old Man at the Bridge", "Che ti dice La Patria?",
Fiesta: The Sun also RisesFitzgerald, "The Ice Palace", The Great GatsbyWoolf, To the LighthouseEliot, "The Waste Land"Joyce, "The Sisters", "The Dead"; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManPoetry: t.b.a.
Fiesta: The Sun also RisesFitzgerald, "The Ice Palace", The Great GatsbyWoolf, To the LighthouseEliot, "The Waste Land"Joyce, "The Sisters", "The Dead"; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManPoetry: t.b.a.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0406
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0406
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