Seminar: Anglistik Lit. wiss.: Themen, Motive, Autoren I und II, Vertiefungsmodul Anglistik Literatur II; Angloamerikan. Kultur 2 und 4, Vertiefungsmodul Kultur II, Westeuropäische Literaturen
Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin
Freitag, 09.10.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Studiengänge (für)
LITERATUR: ANG.03929.02; ANG.03934.02: MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP, MA Englische Sprache und Literatur 45/75 LP;
ANG.03222.03; ANG.05293.01: LAG, LAS, LAF; MA ab WS 2015/16
KULTUR: ANG.03957.02: MA 120 LP; MA 45/75 LP; MA IAS
ANG.03959.01: MA 120 LP; MA IKEAS 120 LP; MA IAS
ANG.05295.01, ANG.03591.01: LAG, LAS; MA ab WS 2015/16
KULTUREN DER AUFKLÄRUNG: ANG.04332.01; 04333.01;
Mag., D, LA alt (fak.)
SWS
2
Sonstiges
Diese Veranstaltung deckt literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Module im Bereich Anglistik ab.
Today, we can all be published authors: in letters to newspapers, in social networks, in book reviews on the amazon website, and many other platforms. The concept of authors and (literary) authorship changes not only with the media culture of the day (orality, print, internet), but also with the social and political framework (patronage, censureship) of society, as well as with the theory and aesthetics of literature (anonymous authorship, public satire, author as genius, celebrity culture). The most dramatic changes in these concepts took place in the 18th century, when a growing media and information culture changed the literary marketplace beyond recognition. 20th century literary and cultural theory proclaimed even the death of the author. Today, theories of authorship fuel new debates about the status and significance of the writer.
We shall take these debates as our point of departure (Barthes, Foucault, the new online journal Authorship) and look back at various performances of authorship in print, in paintings and in public readings from the late 17th century to the present. We shall address questions of agency, media culture, market demand, reader influence, the aesthetics of texts and images, to name but the most relevant aspects, and find out about the interplay between individual desire of expression and public reaction. For each author, these questions will be embedded in their historical context. We will thus explore an aspect of literary history which does not focus on authors’ lives, but on their working conditions and their attempts at self-expression, be it in the shape of a public or a literary persona, in the shape of a pose or a function, or by proxy in the shape of an advertisement for a fellow author.
The texts you will need to read (primary and secondary literature) will be made available online via stud.ip and/or in a reader before the beginning of the semester. Watch out for information at the end of September/beginning of October. There will be short intermediary tests and assignments/homework during the semester. Information about conditions for Studien- und Prüfungsleistungen will be given in the first session.
Text:
Selections of primary and secondary literature will be made available via Stud.ip and/or paper copies.
