551.216 (13S) Survey of Anglophone Literatures

Sommersemester 2013

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First course session
07.03.2013 08:00 - 09:30 HS 2 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Survey of Anglophone Literatures
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 59 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction German
Course begins on 07.03.2013
Remarks (english) This is a "KU" course with 4 ECTS credits. This means you have to put in 100 hours of work. There is a COURSE READER of app. 100 pages, and about 15-20% of the exam questions will be based on the contents of the READER alone.

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Course Information

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Lecture input, occasional questions & debate. As in any "KU" course, you will be asked to prepare for each session, usually by tackling the respective chapter in the Course READER

Conditions of admission

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Course content

How the 800-years of anglophone histories and cultures impacted on the creative writing of that world. How social changes were demanded, documented or opposed by literary artists. How the struggle for individual freedom was supported and described by them.

Topics

  • From Chaucer to the Renaissance
  • Shakespeare and his time
  • From the Jacobeans to 1688
  • The Augustan and Romantic Ages
  • The Victorians and their novels
  • British Modernism and the 20th C
  • AmLit to the Civil War
  • AmLit from 1860 to 1918
  • AmLit in the 20th C
  • A Survey of Australian Literature (19th C)
  • A Survey of Australian Literature (20th C)

Teaching objective

Students will learn how social developments produce concomitant forms of literary expression, and how literary 'traditions' evolve often in rebellion against what went before.

Prior knowledge expected

Regular participation is highly recommended. You might not pass the course otherwise. PLEASE NOTE: COURSE STARTS MARCH 7th, 2013

Other materials

Course READER

Literature

Course reader (available at the ÖH Skriptenreferat from mid-March) REQUIRED READING: William Shakespeare. King Lear Recommended: The Pelican History of England, vols. 5-9

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 topic(s)

lectures + Reader

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Written exam (~90 multiple choice questions), date: 27 June

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Literature
        • Survey of Anglophone Literatures ( 2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
          • 551.216 Survey of Anglophone Literatures (2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 05W.1)
    • Subject: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Modul Literature Studies
        • Survey of Anglophone Literatures ( 2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
          • 551.216 Survey of Anglophone Literatures (2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 4. Semester empfohlen

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Wintersemester 2021/22
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Wintersemester 2020/21
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Wintersemester 2019/20
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Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
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Wintersemester 2015/16
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Sommersemester 2015
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Wintersemester 2013/14
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