Seminar: Basismodul Anglistik Literaturwissenschaft: Introduction to English Literary Studies - Details

Seminar: Basismodul Anglistik Literaturwissenschaft: Introduction to English Literary Studies - Details

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General information

Course name Seminar: Basismodul Anglistik Literaturwissenschaft: Introduction to English Literary Studies
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 90
expected number of participants 120
Home institute Englische Literatur und Kultur
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Thursday, 10.10.2024 08:15 - 09:45, Room: Hörsaal I (ehem. HS 1.04 ) [AKStr.35]
Participants Erst- bis Drittsemester (obligatorisch)
Pre-requisites keine
Learning organisation Ansgar und Vera Nünning, An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature (whichever English-language edition!)
either: William Shakespeare, Othello: ed. E.A.J. Honigmann. The Arden Third Series. Bloomsbury: Arden, 2003. ISBN: 1-90343-645-1 (pbk)
Or: William Shakespeare, Othello: revised edition. ed. E.A.J. Honigmann with an introduction by Ayanna Thompson. The Arden Third Series. Bloomsbury: Arden, 2016. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472571762
(NB both editions are identical with the exception of the introduction & appendices which you can supplement from colleagues' copies if you wish!)
Performance record Kurzbibliographie und Bibliotheksführung
E-Klausur
Studiengänge (für) BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60 und 90
LA
IKEAS
SWS 3 (2 SWS Vorlesung, 1 SWS Tutorium)
Miscellanea Bitte tragen Sie sich unter den Tutoriums-Optionen in nur ein Tutorium ein!
ECTS points 5

Module assignments

Comment/Description

NB - This course will take place in the form of a weekly lecture (2 SWS), and weekly tutorials (1 SWS).

The introduction teaches basic skills and methods necessary for academic reading, analysis, and literary studies research. Thus, it creates an awareness of such concepts as periods in literary history, their respective (formal and thematic) characteristics, and introduces a selection of their most renowned representatives. In addition, we will take a look at definitions of genre, and consider various approaches to the analysis of literary texts, using as course book Nünning’s Introduction. These methods will be tested against a Shakespearean play, chapters from a 20th century British novel, and a number of poems. A reader of poems and the book chapters will be provided via Stud-IP. Another important aspect in this course will be to learn how to employ academic research material (bibliographies, reference books, electronic media). Elements of the course include therefore a library tour, a bibliographical assignment, and a written final exam (E-Klausur). Tutorial attendance is obligatory in this module!