552.030 (16W) Introduction to Literary Studies I a
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENK01001UL
- Course title german Introduction to Literary Studies I a
- Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 26 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction no language of instruction was specified
- Course begins on 17.10.2016
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
(1) Basic familiarity with critical approaches to literature;
(2) Basic familiarity with some key traditions in Anglophone literatures;
(3) Basic familiarity with critical terminology;
(4) Basic familiarity with basic literary genres.
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
(1) Discussion of selected texts in class;
(2) The course is interactive in orientation !!! In other words, students are helped to constructively engage with literary texts.
Course content
(1) Key approaches to literature: liberal-humanist, gender-related, marxist and post-colonial perspectives;
(2) How does literature work as a system? The Sonnet tradition in British literature;
(3) Romanticism, modernism and post-modernism;
(4) The power of literature: Our discussion will build around the film Dead Poets Society.
(5) Critical terminology.
Literature
Nünning, Vera & Nünning, Ansgar. (2004). An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature. Stuttgart: Klett.
All the texts to be discussed will be included in the course reader.
Examination information
Examination methodology
(1) Two written exams.
(2) Writing a critical essay (800-1000 words, on topics related to the texts discussed in class; deadline for pepars: 15 February 2017).
Examination topic(s)
(1) Texts discussed in class;
(2) Critical terminology;
(3) Basic ideas informing approaches to literature.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
(1) Basic familiarity with crutical terminology and key approaches to literature;
(2) Familiarity with all the texts discussed in class;
(3) Ability to apply crititical terminology to selected primary sources.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
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Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies I: Introduction
(Compulsory subject)
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ENK.001 Introduction to Literary Studies I (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.030 Introduction to Literary Studies I a (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
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ENK.001 Introduction to Literary Studies I (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies I: Introduction
(Compulsory subject)
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage one
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Subject: Introduction to English and American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Introduction to Theory and Methodology in Culture Studies II (
2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.030 Introduction to Literary Studies I a (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
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Introduction to Theory and Methodology in Culture Studies II (
2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Introduction to English and American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage one
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
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1.3 Introduction to Literary Studies I (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.030 Introduction to Literary Studies I a (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
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1.3 Introduction to Literary Studies I (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
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Introduction to Literature (
2.0h PK / 5.0 ECTS)
- 552.030 Introduction to Literary Studies I a (2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
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Introduction to Literature (
2.0h PK / 5.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
- Wintersemester 2024/25
- Sommersemester 2024
- Wintersemester 2023/24
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Sommersemester 2023
- 552.030 PS STEOP/BA: Introduction to Literary Studies I a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2022/23
- Sommersemester 2022
- Wintersemester 2021/22
- Sommersemester 2021
- Wintersemester 2020/21
- Sommersemester 2020
- Wintersemester 2019/20
- Sommersemester 2019
- Wintersemester 2018/19
- Sommersemester 2018
- Wintersemester 2017/18
- Sommersemester 2017
- Wintersemester 2016/17
- Sommersemester 2016
- Wintersemester 2015/16
- Sommersemester 2014
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Wintersemester 2013/14
- 551.021 PK Introduction to Literature a (2.0h / 5.0ECTS)
- Sommersemester 2013