552.281 (17S) Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish

Sommersemester 2017

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Lehrende/r
LV Nummer Südostverbund
ENL04002UL
LV-Titel englisch
Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish
LV-Art
Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
Semesterstunde/n
2.0
ECTS-Anrechungspunkte
5.0
Anmeldungen
15 (25 max.) Anzahl der tatsächlich angemeldeten Studierenden
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache
Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung
Englisch
LV-Beginn
07.03.2017
Blended Learning
Ja
eLearning
zum Moodle-Kurs

Zeit und Ort

LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

After completing this course, students will have:

a good understanding of the issues and problems of literary and media representations of Ireland and Irish history, society, culture and customs by non-Irish writers and artists.

practiced and further developed their skills of literary analysis and interpretation and build on the basics studied and introduced in Introduction to Literary Studies I and II.

intensified their competence to analyse and interpret literary and media texts within their socio-political, socio-cultural, and historical contexts.

Lehrmethodik

Introductory lectures and screening sessions, followed by student-led expert sessions (group work) on selected texts, including in-class discussion leads.

NB: Contrary to information currently visible here, the course will be offered as a block seminar between 7 March and 25 April. Dates, times, and locations will be announced asap.


Inhalt/e

"Imagining the Irish”

How are the Irish seen or 'imagined' by non-Irish authors and cultural commentators? (Re)presentations and evaluations of Irish life and culture from the outside and possible consequences for longstanding and often misleading or stereotypical notions of Irishness on the one hand as well as implications for issues of cultural identity for the Irish themselves stand at the centre of this seminar.

We will study a variety of texts by authors from the UK and Germany, among them: William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch Book, 1842; Heinrich Böll, Irisches Tagebuch/Irish Diary, 1957 and texts from "cultural hybrids" such as Hugo Hamilton (Die redselige Insel/The Island of Talking, 2007). Additional material, such as short stories, songs, documentary films, will complement our source material.

Literatur

Students interested in taking this course should start familiarising themselves with:

William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch Book, 1842

Heinrich Böll, Irisches Tagebuch/Irish Diary, 1957

Hugo Hamilton, Die redselige Insel/The Island of Talking, 2007

during the semester break.

Other relevant materials will be introduced in the first session of the seminar.

Prüfungsinformationen

Prüfungsmethode/n

In order to successfully pass this course, students will be part of a group of student experts, introducing one of the primary texts, preparing in-class activities (discussions, other group work) and leading the in-class discussion of questions related to their text of choice.

Additionally, each student will write a 3,500 word seminar paper on a topic of their choice. Topics will need to be agreed with me beforehand! Details will be announced in the first session of the course.

Students are further asked to regularly and actively participate in in-class discussion!

Prüfungsinhalt/e

participation in a student led expert group on one of the primary texts discussed in the seminar

individual seminar paper (3,500 words) on a topic of choice (a selection of potential topics will be provided)

regular and active participation in in-class discussion

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

The overall assessment will be made through individual assessment of the student's regular and active course participation (15%), the participation in a student-led expert group (30%), and the individual seminar paper (55%).

Students who fail to attend, without sufficient reason, more than 3 sessions of the course, will automatically receive a fail grade!

Beurteilungsschema

Note/Grade Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Fach: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Pflichtfach)
      • ENL.004 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies, Lehrveranstaltung ( 2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.281 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
  • Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • 1.Abschnitt
      • Fach: Culture Studies (Pflichtfach)
        • Cultures in Close-Up ( 1.0h PS / 2.0 ECTS)
          • 552.281 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • 1.Abschnitt
      • Fach: Linguistic Basis (Pflichtfach)
        • Cultures in Close-Up ( 1.0h PS / 2.0 ECTS)
          • 552.281 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.1)
    • Fach: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Literature (Pflichtfach)
      • Modul: Aufbaustudium Literature
        • Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          • 552.281 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish (2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 4. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
    • Fach: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W) (Pflichtfach)
      • Modul: Literature (ab 11W)
        • Topics in Literature ( 2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.281 Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)

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Wintersemester 2013/14
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Sommersemester 2013
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Wintersemester 2012/13
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