Lehrende/r: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Monika Class
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Credits: 8,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Anmeldegruppe: BS/ELC 512
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Inhalt: “Oh! It is only a novel!” replies the young lady; while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. –“It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;” or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.” - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1817. As Austen’s defence suggests, the novel has always been a source of critical debate and even social anxiety. This module explores a range of fiction classics from early in the eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Themes for discussion include: the origins of the English novel; the relationship of the novel to other genres (newspapers, letters, political pamphlets, graphic satire); the central role of women authors in shaping the novel; the moral and religious aspects of the genre; the relationship of the novel to contemporary theories of personality, sympathy, affection and identity. Students will read a variety of important novels from the period and will engage with a wide range of secondary literature on the novel.
Empfohlene Literatur: As part of the primary reading, Robinson Crusoe, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy are the longest works that we will study. These novels should ideally be read in the summer before the course. You may use any edition of the novel available to you, including Project Gutenberg free editions for Kindle / iPad, or audio editions such as the free ones available from www.librivox.org; but for preference, use the most recent Oxford World’s Classics or Penguin Classics edition.
