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Literary Twins- Dozent/in
- Chiara Manghi, M.A.
- Angaben
- Übung
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit und Ort: Do 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
- MA English and American Studies
- Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
This class can also be taken for Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (Hauptfach und Nebenfach)
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.10.2018(10:00) - 10.01.2019(23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- Literature is full of twins: evil twins, twins who impersonate each other, twins in showbusiness. Readers (and theatregoers) through the centuries are still inevitably fascinated, confused and dazzled. Anglophone literature is no exception.
In this class we will first gather a brief and basic overview of notorious twins from Greek and Roman mythology - such as Romolus and Remus, Castor and Pollux - then we will move on to England. We will read one of William Shakespeare’s plays featuring twins, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, where playing with the double goes along with playing with gender roles.
We will then work on Angela Carter’s last novel Wise Children, about identical twin sisters and performers Dora and Nora Chance, where magical realism is accompanied by constant Shakespearean references.
The last full text we will read is Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, a story with gothic elements about secret twin(s) and storytelling, with intertextual references to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
The aim of this class is to become able to recognize and analyze major features and recurring themes in the literary representation of twinhood. We will try to answer questions such as: Is twinhood a game of exclusion? How is twinhood represented in literature throughout time and in different genres?
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Please acquire a copy of the books we are going to read in class as soon as possible.
William Shakespeare. Twelfth Night.
Diane Setterfield. The Thirteenth Tale.
Angela Carter. Wise Children.
more primary texts tba in class
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 4
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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