05.874.313 Seminar 313 English Literature and Culture: From the Visual to the Verbal: Writing about Art

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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

Requirements / organisational issues:
The goal of this course is to study the different ways in which (non-)fictional texts and the visual arts interact.Setting out on the aesthetic principle of ekphrasis - any form of writing about art - this seminar will also deal with novels that have artists (real, budding and wannabe) as their protagonists and reflect on the principles of representation that distinguish visual and verbal art, as well as with texts that aim to instruct readers in artistic practices and the ability to understand how visual art works.

Recommended reading list:
The following are the key texts to be studied in this class (not in this order):

John Peacham, The Art of Drawing with the Pen (1606/1612) (available online only)
John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857) (extracts)
Rudyard Kipling, The Light that Failed (1890) (available online only)
Elizabeth Taylor, A View of the Harbour (1947)
Virginia Woolf, "Walter Sickert: A Conversation" (1934)
Julian Barnes, "Bonnard: Marthe, Marthe, Marthe" (from Keeping an Eye Open [2012])

Most of these and further materials will be distributed electronically.

Please avail yourselves of a copy of Elizabeth Taylor's novel and ideally begin to read it before the start of the semester.

Additional information:
Course requirements depending on the module within which you are taking this seminar.

All students: Completing the tasks set as "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 the specific requirements you have to meet).

Details to be announced in our virtual classroom in Moodle!

Digital teaching:
This is a digital seminar which will be taught via the Moodle platform. It consists of a combination of self-study materials and live discussions via video conference.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Fri, 16. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
2 Fri, 23. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
3 Fri, 30. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
4 Fri, 7. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
5 Fri, 14. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
6 Fri, 21. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
7 Fri, 28. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
8 Fri, 4. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
9 Fri, 11. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
10 Fri, 18. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
11 Fri, 25. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
12 Fri, 2. Jul. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
13 Fri, 9. Jul. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
14 Fri, 16. Jul. 2021 12:15 13:45 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood
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Instructors
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood