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HS Landmarks of Modernism - A Biographical Approach- Dozent/in
- PD Dr. Beatrix Hesse
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
2 SWS, benoteter Schein
Zeit und Ort: Fr 12:00 - 14:00, MG2/01.02
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
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)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)
Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
- active participation
- presentation
- term-paper according to the style-sheet
An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
September 24 until October 19, 2018
via FlexNow "Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft" (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de or carmen.zink(at)uni-bamberg.de.)
Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.
Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.
- Inhalt
- This class will introduce students to three key texts of Literary Modernism: Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness”, written in 1899 (and hence a precursor rather than a work of Modernism proper), Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse of 1927 and “Burnt Norton” (1936), a long poem by T. S. Eliot, the first of his Four Quartets. While these texts are highly esteemed by literary critics, experience shows that students are often finding it difficult to relate to them. Hence, this class will approach these three classic texts by locating them firmly within their authors’ biographies, since one thing that they have in common is that they were each clearly inspired by a specific event in their respective author’s life. By means of this aspect of “human interest”, it is hoped, students will develop a personal investment in the texts and feel more motivated to tackle more abstract and difficult issues of literary technique. In a second step, we will therefore invariably discuss those features of the texts that account for their canonical status in literary history, namely different kinds of formal experiment. A word of warning may be appropriate: biographical approaches have long (at least since Roland Barthes proclaimed the “Death of the Author” in 1967) been suspect in academic circles, probably even more so in Germany than in Great Britain. In the wake of feminist and postcolonial criticism, however, this attitude seems to be about to change. But students should note that – for instance in an exam – biographical information should merely be used as a starting point for a thorough literary and technical analysis.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Students must have read “Heart of Darkness” by the second week of term and have finished reading To the Lighthouse by Week 6 – do not let the books’ apparent brevity mislead you, because reading will certainly be difficult! Any decent complete (not simplified, abridged or translated!) edition will do; the text of “Burnt Norton” will be made accessible in class. A reserve shelf with recommended secondary reading may be found in the library.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 8
- Institution: Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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