Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U11/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien der Englischen und Amerikanischen Literaturwissenschaft (alle Haupt- und Nebenfächer) (1 ECTS)

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2009): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien (1 ECTS, ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2012 unbenotet)

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In this seminar we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. We may discuss key texts by thinkers identified with formalism and structuralism, deconstruction and poststructuralism, gender studies and queer theory, psychoanalytical criticism, (Neo)Marxism and Cultural Materialism, New Historicism, postcolonial criticism and reader-response theory.
Depending on the participants personal interests, we may also consider more recent approaches like ecocriticism and possible-worlds theory or less "canonized" theories (e.g. systems theory).

The course is intended to assist students in both finding own approaches towards primary texts and in identifying mind-sets and methods applied in the secondary sources they read in their other seminars: "What theory demonstrates [...] is that there is no position free of theory, not even the one called common sense" (V. B. Leitch).

Empfohlene Literatur:

A course reader will be made available for download at our VC group once the schedule has been agreed upon.

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 25.5.2018, 18:00 - 21:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 20.7.2018, 13:00 - 17:00, U11/00.16

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This course is an extracurricular course and does not offer any ECTS credits. Anybody interested in reading and discussing Shakespeare is very welcome, regardless of their course of studies.
You need not register for this course, just come along in the first session and bring a copy of the plays.

Inhalt:

William Shakespeare's works are well know, or should be well known, to all students of English literature. However, when reading Shakespeare some people struggle to fully appreciate his language or his brilliantly designed characters. This course aims at all of those students who would like to enjoy Shakespeare's works together with other students. Thus, we will not only read two pieces by Shakespeare, one comedy and one tragedy, we will also provide a platform for discussion or even stage a few scenes to further our understanding of what is going on. If you want to join us, you need not have any previous knowledge, only bring a copy of the play and comfortable shoes.

Empfohlene Literatur:

William Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream.
William Shakespeare. Henry IV, part 2.

Spotlights on English Drama, part I

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• MA English and American Studies

• MA Berufliche Bildung

• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

This course can also be taken as a seminar for the Ergänzungsmodul (BA Haupt- und Nebenfach)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This course will present a foray through English theatre history from the Elizabethan Age until the 18th century. We will start out with basic drama theory, but the main body of the course is dedicated to actually reading, situating, interpreting and discussing plays as representatives of their time.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Plays in reading order:
Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, part I. (1587)
William Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. (c. 1598/99)
John Ford. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. (1631)
Aphra Behn. The Rover, part I. (1677)
George Lillo. The London Merchant, or The History of George Barnwell. (1731)
R.B. Sheridan. The School for Scandal. (1777)