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Seminar: The Second World in Contemporary Historical Writing-Vertiefungsmodul - Details
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Course name Seminar: The Second World in Contemporary Historical Writing-Vertiefungsmodul
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Semester WS 2021/22
Current number of participants 12
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Thursday, 14.10.2021 15:30 - 17:00, Room: Seminarraum 2 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Studiengänge (für) LA Gym, Sek, Förder (Sekundar) Englisch (2012+2015)
MA Engl. Spr. u Lit 45/75 LP (2015)
MA Angloam. Lit., Spr u Kult. 120 LP (2015)
SWS 2
Miscellanea ANG.05292.02 Vertiefungsmodul: Anglistik Literatur I
ECTS points 5

Topics

Konferenz "The 'Second World' in Contemporary British Writing"

Rooms and times

Seminarraum 2 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Thursday: 15:30 - 17:00, weekly (15x)
(Melanchthonianum (Hörsaal XX und Seminarraum D))
Friday, 16.09.2022 17:00 - 19:00
Saturday, 17.09.2022 10:30 - 19:00
Sunday, 18.09.2022 11:00 - 19:00

Module assignments

Comment/Description

‘Shakespeare was a little naïve. Because his monsters had doubts, bad dreams, pangs of conscience, guilt. They saw the spirits of those they had killed rising in front of them. But in real life, under real terror, [… t]hat was all sentimentality, false optimism, a hope that the world would be as we wanted it to be, rather than as it was.’ (Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time)

The course will introduce three texts of contemporary British historical writing that are set in the so-called ‘Second World’, i.e. Eastern Europe during the era of the Cold War.
Our discussion will look at different genres of historical writing and the ways in which their characteristics and features mediate historical events, personal lives, and memory. We will also identify the major themes and ideas the selected texts problematize in their creative imagining of the 'second world' and why these appear to be particularly interesting from a contemporary, post-Cold War point of view.

Studienleistungen:
• Regular attendance and oral participation
• In-depth knowledge of the reading material
• Short tasks in class and an oral presentation

Prüfungsleistung:
• Portfolio [Details to be announced in the first session]

Please note that prior registration (deadline: 10 October 2021) for the course via StudIP is mandatory. The course will take place and will have to be attended in physical presence (under observation of the 3G rule).

Primary sources to be purchased by students:
(Please make sure to purchase EXACTLY the editions given below, as we will need identical content and pagination in order to engage in discussions in class)

Julian Barnes. [2016] The Noise of Time. London: Vintage, 2017. Print. ISBN 9781784703332.
Fiona Rintoul. The Leipzig Affair. Twickenham: Aurora Metro, 2014. Print. ISBN 978-1-906582-97-5.
Timothy Garton Ash. [1997] The File. London: Atlantic Books, 2009. Print. ISBN 978-1-84887-088-8.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmeranzahl: The Second World in Contemporary Historical Writing-Vertiefungsmodul".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 03.09.2021, 01:00 to 22.10.2021, 23:00.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

The enrolment is binding, participants cannot unsubscribe themselves.