Imagining unreal places and alternative social conditions appears to be a constant in the history of English literature. We will try to follow this motif through several centuries by reading exemplary and also lesser-known texts from a variety of genres (novel, essay, poetry) and observe various functions that such texts may serve (e.g. pleas for change, voicing of critique, presenting alternatives, compensation, escapism).
Students need to buy the following texts:
Three Early Modern Utopias (ed. Susan Bruce), Oxford World's Classics, ISBN 9780199537990
Anthony Trollope, The Fixed Period, Oxford World's Classics, ISBN 0192828428 (only available on the second-hand market; a scan will also be supplied)
Other material will be made available.
Studienleistung: Referat; Posts im Forum
Prüfungsleistung: Klausur
Admission settings
The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Utopia and other Imagined Places in English Literature - Aufbaumodul Anglistik Literatur I".
The following rules apply for the admission:
The enrolment is possible until 03.04.2024, 11:59.
A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
