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

Sommersemester 2017

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First course session
07.03.2017 12:00 - 13:30 N.0.56 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENL04002UL
Course title german Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Imagining the Irish
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 5.0
Registrations 15 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 07.03.2017
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Remarks (english)

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

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

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.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

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.


Course content

"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.

Literature

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.

Examination information

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.

Examination methodology

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!

Examination topic(s)

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

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

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!

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • 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
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage one
      • Subject: Culture Studies (Compulsory subject)
        • 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)
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage one
      • Subject: Linguistic Basis (Compulsory subject)
        • 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)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Literature (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Aufbaustudium Literature
        • 5.5 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
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W) (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: 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)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses