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Joseph Conrad- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Nora Pleßke
- Angaben
- Seminar/Hauptseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium, Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Mi 12:00 - 14:00, KR14/00.06
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2023, 10:00 – 23.04.2023, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
- Inhalt
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in a predominantly Polish part of the Ukraine and only became a British subject in 1886. At the age of twenty-one, despite not having any command of English, Conrad had joined the British Merchant Marine. Throughout his career at sea, he spent much time in the colonised areas of the world; his most frequent travels brought him to the Far East, India, and Australia.
Conrad was personally affected by European politics of the nineteenth century and his writing reflects the historical-political context of his time especially that of Imperial Britain, Napoleonic France, the Russian revolutions, and the Polish question. Conrad stands at the intersection of two cultural periods: Victorianism and Modernism and his texts are a combination of nineteenth and twentieth century preoccupations. A major part of his writing consists of maritime adventure stories interspersed with pessimism and scepticism but also ironic wit.
In this seminar, students will be introduced to the œuvre of this exceptional author. We will focus on and discuss three classics by Joseph Conrad in depth from various critical angles: Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), and The Secret Agent (1907). We will analyse Conrad’s writing for the display of pre-modernist techniques and styles as well as elucidate topics such as colonialism, symbolism, nature, heroism, the London novel, degeneration, terrorism, and materiality. A further part of the seminar will deal with the influence of Conrad on contemporary, especially postcolonial, literature and the various adaptations of his works, e.g. Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).
Participants are expected to have read Heart of Darkness by the second session.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- You must have copies of these editions of the novels in the first session:
Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. 1902. Ed. Paul B. Armstrong. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 2016. [ISBN: 978-0393264869]
Conrad, Joseph. Lord Jim. 1900. Ed. Thomas C. Moser. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 1996. [ISBN: 978-0393963359]
Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent. 1907. Ed. Richard Niland. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 2016. [ISBN: 978-0393937442]
Further texts covered in class include:
Almayer’s Folly. 1895.
The ‘Nigger’ of the Narcissus. 1897.
“An Outpost of Progress.” 1898.
“Youth.” 1902.
“Typhoon.” 1903.
Nostromo. 1904.
Under Western Eyes. 1911.
“The Secret Sharer.” 1912.
The Shadow-Line. 1917.
Victory. 1915.
Excerpts and further critical literature will be provided on the VC.
Further suggested introductory reading:
Peters, John G. The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 2006.
Stape, J.H., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 1996.
Stape, J.H., ed. The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 2014.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Joseph Conrad
- Credits: 4
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2023, 10:00 – 23.04.2023, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
- Contents
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in a predominantly Polish part of the Ukraine and only became a British subject in 1886. At the age of twenty-one, despite not having any command of English, Conrad had joined the British Merchant Marine. Throughout his career at sea, he spent much time in the colonised areas of the world; his most frequent travels brought him to the Far East, India, and Australia.
Conrad was personally affected by European politics of the nineteenth century and his writing reflects the historical-political context of his time especially that of Imperial Britain, Napoleonic France, the Russian revolutions, and the Polish question. Conrad stands at the intersection of two cultural periods: Victorianism and Modernism and his texts are a combination of nineteenth and twentieth century preoccupations. A major part of his writing consists of maritime adventure stories interspersed with pessimism and scepticism but also ironic wit.
In this seminar, students will be introduced to the œuvre of this exceptional author. We will focus on and discuss three classics by Joseph Conrad in depth from various critical angles: Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), and The Secret Agent (1907). We will analyse Conrad’s writing for the display of pre-modernist techniques and styles as well as elucidate topics such as colonialism, symbolism, nature, heroism, the London novel, degeneration, terrorism, and materiality. A further part of the seminar will deal with the influence of Conrad on contemporary, especially postcolonial, literature and the various adaptations of his works, e.g. Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).
Participants are expected to have read Heart of Darkness by the second session.
- Literature
- You must have copies of these editions of the novels in the first session:
Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. 1902. Ed. Paul B. Armstrong. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 2016. [ISBN: 978-0393264869]
Conrad, Joseph. Lord Jim. 1900. Ed. Thomas C. Moser. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 1996. [ISBN: 978-0393963359]
Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent. 1907. Ed. Richard Niland. Norton Critical Edition. W.W. Norton, 2016. [ISBN: 978-0393937442]
Further texts covered in class include:
Almayer’s Folly. 1895.
The ‘Nigger’ of the Narcissus. 1897.
“An Outpost of Progress.” 1898.
“Youth.” 1902.
“Typhoon.” 1903.
Nostromo. 1904.
Under Western Eyes. 1911.
“The Secret Sharer.” 1912.
The Shadow-Line. 1917.
Victory. 1915.
Excerpts and further critical literature will be provided on the VC.
Further suggested introductory reading:
Peters, John G. The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 2006.
Stape, J.H., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 1996.
Stape, J.H., ed. The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 2014.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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