Lehrende/r: Ronald Walker
Veranstaltungsart: online: Proseminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie zzgl. Bevorzugung höherer Fachsemester Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinieÜber die Senatsrichtlinie hinaus werden bei der Platzvergabe für diese Veranstaltung Studierende höherer Fachsemester bevorzugt berücksichtigt.
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Scottish writers were among the very earliest pioneers of the short story form. Writers such as James Hogg, John Galt and Walter Scott were to be influenced in their experiments in short fiction by the enthusiasm for a popular Scottish vernacular, oral and ballad tradition manifest first in poetry and popular song through the 18th century in the works of such poets as Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson and Robert Burns. In their interest in and influence from the spoken voice, Galt, Hogg and Scott all made use of the Scottish vernacular and Hogg and Scott in their work in particular, tapped into a tradition of oral tales in Scotland as old as story-telling itself. This course will look at the origins of Scottish short story writing in the oral tradition and introduce us to the works by some of the country's finest exponents of the short story form from the early 19th century to the present day. Grading will be on the basis of a final exam. Some set homework will also be required. The seminar will be entirely online.
Inhalt: Writers likely to feature include: James Hogg, John Galt, Walter Scott, RL Stevenson, Margaret Oliphant, JM Barrie, Violet Jacob, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Jessie Kesson, William McIlvanney, Iain Crichton Smith, Al Kennedy, Ali Smith and Denise Mina.
