552.305 (21S) Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner

Sommersemester 2021

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First course session
02.03.2021 16:00 - 18:00 online Off Campus
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Overview

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Lecturer
Course title german Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Blended learning course
Online proportion 50%
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 15 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 02.03.2021
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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Students will further develop their skills in the systematic analysis of literary texts and advance their competence in critically thinking about texts within their specific socio-cultural and historical contexts. They will gain knowledge of one of the most influential U.S. writers of the twentieth century and of various aspects of his work, life, and times.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

This course is designed to emphasize in-class student participation. Teaching methods include short input lectures, oral presentations and discussion questions prepared by students, in-class exploration of primary texts through close textual analysis, and group discussion. Online meetings will take place via Moodle (BBB).

Course content

This seminar turns to the work of one the most prolific and widely read U.S. American authors of the twentieth century, Mississippi-born Nobel Prize-winning William C. Faulkner (1897-1962). We will read various short stories including “A Rose for Emily,” “Dry September,” or “Two Soldiers,” and two of Faulkner’s novels from his modernist major phase: As I Lay Dying (1930), in which Faulkner names his mythical Yoknapatawpha County, and Light in August (1932). To approach and make sense of Faulkner’s challenging style, we will pay close attention to the texts’ experimentation with narrative form, for example, Faulkner’s use of various types of narrators and focalization, flashbacks, his presentation of conflicting versions of events, and the effects of his neologisms. At the same time, we will connect our close readings and exploration of how Faulkner technically constructs his storyworlds with a variety of broader thematic issues like religion, sexuality, slavery, racism, or lynching, read Faulkner against modernist and postmodernist aesthetics, in the historical contexts of the Great Depression, the Great Migration, modernization, or capitalism, and as a Southern writer.

Literature

Required texts (please purchase!):

Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Any edition.
Faulkner, William. Light in August. Any edition.

All other texts will be made available by the course instructor.

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.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage two
      • Subject: Advanced Culture Studies (Compulsory subject)
        • Core Problems in American Cultures ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.305 Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage two
      • Subject: Advanced Culture Studies (Compulsory subject)
        • Core Problems in Postcolonial Cultures ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.305 Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage two
      • Subject: Advanced Culture Studies (Compulsory subject)
        • Core Problems in British Cultures ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.305 Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium (Compulsory subject)
      • 7.2 (b) Focus on Literature ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 552.305 Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Kombination (Compulsory elective)
      • 10.1 Freie Kombination ( 0.0h SE / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 552.305 Focus on Literature: The Storyworlds of William Faulkner (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

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