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Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
Event type:
online: Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
05.874.313
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 30
Registration group: ELC 313
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Contents:
In this seminar you will study a selection of early English prose texts in the light of features that characterise literary fiction to this day, such as plot structures and themes derived from romance, notions of (spiritual) development and an interest in creating the impression of verisimilitude. In this context, we will also engage critically with attempts to account for the emergence of the novel, among them Ian Watt's well-known theory of "The Rise of the Novel".
Recommended reading list:
The following are the key texts to be studied in this class:
Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594)
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
Frances Burney, Evelina (1778)
Please obtain good, critical editions of these texts (e.g. Penguin, Oxford World's Classics and Norton are available) and, ideally, read them before the beginning of the semester.
Further materials to be distributed via our virtual classroom.
Additional information:
Course requirements: Depending on the module within which you are studying in this class.
All students are required to complete the tasks set for "Aktive Teilnahme" (details to be announced at the beginning of the semester).
Presentation/term paper: Depending on your module (please make sure that you know what is required).
All details will be communicated via our virtual classroom!
Digital teaching:
This class will be taught through a combination of self-study modules provided digitally and live discussions via video conference.
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