552.266 (22W) Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation

Wintersemester 2022/23

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First course session
11.10.2022 17:00 - 19:00 Online Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENL03001UL
Course title german Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation
Type Lecture
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 207
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 11.10.2022
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Remarks (english)

Exam dates: December 6th 2022; January 31st 2023; April 25th 2023; all 5pm-7pm. online via Moodle; 

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;

Class starts on October 11th, 2022, 5 p.m., online via Moodle as a BigBlueButton conference; attendance on voluntary basis, as it is a lecture;

! Please note: This is no Fachprüfung like at KFU Graz. Students may do the exam at AAU, it counts — but by design it is a lecture here at AAU that is concluded with an exam. Thus, students at least need to have been signed up for — and admitted to — the lecture until January 17th THE LATEST if they are planning on taking one of the three exam sittings, as the LV-description says.

This means that 2nd & 3rd exam date (on Jan 31/April 25) are only offered to students who are already part of the lecture (and thus enrolled no later than January 17th, 2023), as all lectures can be concluded by taking and passing one of the three exam dates available for each term‘s course. No exceptions can be made.

Status change to “admitted“/ „aufgenommen“ for those who have newly signed themselves up in the meantime: once a week, on Tuesdays; Please sign up for this lecture online in the AAU's system, this is only possible until January 17th, 2023. Your status will be changed from signed up to being admitted (only after this you can access Moodle and sign up for exams beginning on Oct 1st, 2022) from October 1st, 2022 (from then on: new admissions every Tuesday only). When joining this online lecture with online exams (via Moodle) form another university (Graz, Austrian, international), please ensure yourselves that you are able to officially sign up for this class in the system. Please consult our "Studien - und Prüfungsabteilung" (no later than Tuesday of the week BEFORE your intended exam-date), should you encounter problems signing up, to make sure that your University-Klagenfurt-account is fully functional and working. Only then, signing up online will work. Once you have signed up, your teacher will set your status to "admitted"/"aufgenommen" for this lecture. Status “aufgenommen“ will be set from October 1st onwards, and every Tuesday from then on for those signing up later.

In case you were already admitted („aufgenommen“) by the teacher (after having signed yourself in), but cannot access the lecture's Moodle class yet, please consult AAU‘s e-Learning Service: elearning@aau.at and/or our Studienabteilung, because this means that your AAU-account is not fully functional yet. 

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Bitte wählen Sie die englischsprachige Beschreibung für Details betreffend Inhalt, Voraussetzungen und Prozedere.

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAMS ON  January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Class starts on October 11th, 2022.

For course details: choose the English version.


Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Bitte wählen Sie die englischsprachige Beschreibung für Details.

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAMS ON  January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Class starts on October 11th, 2022.

For course details: choose the English version.


Course content

Bitte wählen Sie die englischsprachige Beschreibung für Details.

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAMS ON  January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Class starts on October 11th, 2022.

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;



Prior knowledge expected

New admissions ONLY on Tuesdays! Neuaufnahmen nur dienstags!
Students need to have enrolled themselves until January 17th, 2023, 23:59 o'clock to be able to opt for exam sittings two and three on January 31st and April 25th, 2023. No exceptions can be made.

Curricular registration requirements

New admissions ONLY on Tuesdays! Neuaufnahmen nur dienstags!
Please see the section on the position in the curriculum.

Literature

a reading list and articles as well as all the course material will be made available via Moodle;

Intended learning outcomes

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;
Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAMS ON  January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Class starts on October 11th, 2022, via Moodle as a BigBlueButton conference; attendance is voluntary, as this is a lecture and all the material  (scripts and  slides for each lecture as PDFs plus additional links to help you study) will be provided on Moodle, too.

This lecture is intended to familiarise you with 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 equip yourself for subsequent courses.



Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;
Detailed instructions on how this class is going to function are going to be provided on your lecture syllabus, which will be posted on Moodle shortly before the first session.

Lecture sessions will be complemented by (online) discussions and analytical, interpretative exercises, some of them taking the form of brief home assignments (open-book,  students are required to the cite sources consulted; thus same format as the final exam);

– Material (PPT, script etc.) originally created and authored by Felix Schniz, new additions as well as edited material compiled and changes introduced  by Miriam Auer;

A reading list and articles as well as all the course material plus some valuable link for self-study purpose will be made available via Moodle.

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAMS ON  January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Course content

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards; This lecture provides an overview of core texts and theories relevant to Anglophone literary studies. It focuses on the following cultural artifacts 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

Prior knowledge expected

New admissions ONLY on Tuesdays! Neuaufnahmen nur dienstags!

Students need to have enrolled themselves until January 17th, 2023, 23:59 o'clock to be able to opt for exam sittings two and three on January 31st and April 25th, 2023. No exceptions can be made.

a reading list and articles as well as all the course material will be made available via Moodle;

Curricular registration requirements

New admissions ONLY on Tuesdays! Neuaufnahmen nur dienstags!
Please see the section on the position in the curriculum.

Literature

a reading list and articles as well as all the course material will be made available via Moodle;

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

Für Details wählen Sie bitte die englischsprachige Kursbeschreibung.

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;

Online-Prüfungen via Moodle zur Auswahl werden ausschließlich zu folgenden Terminen abgehalten: 

am 6. Dezember 2022, 31. Januar 2023, sowie am 25. April 2023, jeweils von 17 bis 19 Uhr auf der Moodle-Kursseite zur VO;

- - -

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAM SITTINGS two and three, held on January 31st and April 25th 2023!



Examination topic(s)

Für Details wählen Sie bitte die englischsprachige Kursbeschreibung.

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;

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 artifact 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 need 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).

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;
Für Details wählen Sie bitte die englischsprachige Kursbeschreibung.

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.

Examination methodology

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards;
Students need to have signed up properly for the lecture first to take  one of the exam sittings offered.  

ALL exams will be held as ONLINE-exams via Moodle: 90-minute open-book exam (online) to be taken at three exam dates to choose from (December 6th 2022, January 31st 2023, April 25th 2023, 5-7 p.m. on Moodle); students are required to cite the sources  they used to answer questions; The exam’s content is explained in the section on exam topics/Prüfungsinhalte.

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAM SITTINGS two and three, held on January 31st and April 25th 2023! 

Examination topic(s)

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards; 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 artifact 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 need 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).

Please consider that there will be no exceptions: STUDENTS WHO DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE LECTURE UNTIL January 17th, 23:59 o’clock WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO SIGNING UP FOR THE EXAM SITTINGS two and three, held on January 31st and April 25th 2023!

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Moodle access: from October 1st onwards; 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 submit typed answers, files converted into PDFs, no handwritten notes. Unreadable answers cannot be considered for evaluation.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • 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)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • 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)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • 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
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Literature (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: 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
  • Master's degree programme Game Studies and Engineering (SKZ: 992, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Cultural and Media Skills (Compulsory subject)
      • 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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Sommersemester 2024
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Wintersemester 2023/24
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Sommersemester 2023
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2022
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2021
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2020
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2019
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2018
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2017
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2016
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 552.266 VO Literary Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 551.161 KU Integrated Language Skills (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2013
  • 551.161 KU Integrated Language Skills (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2012/13
  • 551.161 KU Integrated Language Skills a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2011/12
  • 551.161 KU Integrated Language Skills a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)