552.266 (20W) Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation

Wintersemester 2020/21

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13.10.2020 08:00 - 10:00 online Off Campus
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LV Nummer Südostverbund ENL03001UL
LV-Titel englisch Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation
LV-Art Vorlesung
LV-Modell Blended-Learning-Lehrveranstaltung
Online-Anteil 60%
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
Anmeldungen 264
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
LV-Beginn 13.10.2020
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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

Learn the essential terminology for your literary study programme at the department of English. Understand what it means to read texts academically and how central methodology is applied to analyse and to interpret literary works. Expand your understanding to different media formats, ranging from poetry and prose to film, videogames, and graphic novels. Practice your skills in practical application throughout the semester and explore the unique historical and sociocultural background of each discussed artwork.

At the end of the semester, you will possess an academic core vocabulary and foundational insights into the research methods of literature and culture studies to bolster yourself for subsequent courses.

Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools

Important notice: The seminar is going to be held in a 'blended learning' mode, featuring online and in-class elements. Detailed instructions on how this class is going to function are going to be provided on your lecture syllabus, which can be found on Moodle.

Lecture sessions, (online) discussions and analytical, interpretative exercises.

Inhalt/e

This lecture gives students an overview of core texts and theories relevant to English and American literary studies. It focuses on the following cultural artefacts and the respective terminology necessary for their interpretation:

  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Prose
  • Short Stories
  • Graphic Novels
  • Film
  • Episodic TV Formats
  • Videogames

On a theoretical level, it introduces the most important names and most important basics of:

  • Reading Strategies
  • Structuralism
  • The Birmingham School
  • Feminist Criticism
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Marxist Criticism
  • Modernism
  • The Frankfurt School
  • The Visual Turn
  • Poststructuralism
  • Postmodernism
  • Genre Theory
  • Post-Postmodernism

Literatur

To provide grounds for analysis, the lecture draws its content and definitions from various core authors, texts and academic dictionaries. The primary works to be discussed will be selected to represent a broad array of fields that are culturally relevant to the seminar (i.e. of British, South African, US-American, or Canadian origin, or hold a relevant position in subaltern, migration-, or border-culture).

Shorter texts, such as poems, short stories, and secondary sources are provided on Moodle as necessary. However, certain artworks cannot be provided via Moodle and must either be purchased, retrieved from a library, or accessed in any other way. It is expected that students access these works and familiarise themselves with them:

Provided on Moodle:

  • Poems:
  • Agard, John. Listen Mr. Oxford don.
  • Anzaldua, Gloria. Cultures.
  • Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 18.
  • Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 130.
  • Short Stories:
  • Atwood, Margaret. Happy Endings.
  • Poe, Edgar Allan. The Fall of the House of Usher.
  • Updike, John. A&P.
  • Graphic Novel: Watchmen
  • Attention: Only excerpts are provided. Students must access the full text in another fashion.

Not provided on Moodle:

  • Novel: Conrad, Joseph. The Heart of Darkness.
  • Drama: Shakespeare, William. Hamlet.
  • Film: Coppola, Francis Ford. Apocalypse Now: Redux.
  • TV: American Horror Story. Season 2, Episode 1. “Welcome to Briarcliff.” Directed by Bradley Buecker.
  • Videogame: Barlow, Sam. Her Story.

Students are expected to have read, watched, or played these primary works prior to their respective lecture session. They will be frequently referred to during their respective lecture sessions and be central to questions of the final exam, specifically the essay questions.

A full overview of all primary works and the dates of their respective lecture session is going to be provided via a syllabus on Moodle prior to the first session.

Prüfungsinformationen

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Prüfungsmethode/n

A 90-minute written exam at the end of the semester. The exam’s content is explained in exam topics.

Prüfungsinhalt/e

In the first half of the exam, students are expected to correctly recall, contextualise, and to elaborate on key terms and concepts that were explored during the lecture. In the second half of the exam, students are expected to show the capability to provide an independent, methodically sound interpretation of a cultural artefact in shape of an essay.

For this essay, students may freely choose from a selection of three topics. Each topic provides an excerpt, derived from one of the lecture’s primary works and a guiding question, derived from one of the lecture’s theory topic fields. Any theory topic field may be assessed in connection to any of the primary texts.

When composing the essay, students are expected to analyse the excerpt and to interpret it along the given guiding question. Students are expected to work with proper terminology as provided by the lecture, to apply all the knowledge they have about the primary text (i.e. refer to other passages from the text as they see fit), and to follow the very basic rules of essay writing (provide an introduction, a main body of arguments, and a conclusion).

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

The written exam tests the following key competences of students:

  • Multiple Choice (10%): Students ought to recall important key terms from the lecture.
  • Matching (20%): Students ought to contextualise central theorists, authors and artists discussed in the lecture with their respective terminology.
  • Short Answer (20%): Students ought to elaborate on general concepts of the lecture in questions that should be answered with 3-5 sentences.
  • Essay (50%): Students ought to independently interpret a short paragraph, passage, or otherwise limited work of art in a concise essay. The essay ought to reflect a student’s ability to apply key concepts, terms, and methods discussed in the lecture in new contexts, as well as to critically reflect their applicability for the given excerpt.

Students are expected to write in readable handwriting. Unreadable answers cannot be considered for evaluation.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Pflichtfach)
      • ENL.003 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation ( 2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Fach: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Pflichtfach)
      • ENL.003 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation ( 2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 7., 8. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
    • Fach: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Pflichtfach)
      • ENL.003 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation ( 2.0h VO, FA / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Fach: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Literature (Pflichtfach)
      • Modul: Grundstudium Literature
        • 5.2 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation ( 0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3) Teil der STEOP
    • Fach: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase (ab 11W) (Pflichtfach)
      • Introduction to English Studies ( 2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Game Studies and Engineering (SKZ: 992, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Ergänzungsfach Cultural and Media Skills (Pflichtfach)
      • Literary Terminology and the Practice of Interpretation for Game Studies and Engineering ( 0.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 552.266 Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen

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