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Instructors: Julia Josten
Event type:
online: Practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
Lektüreübung
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
This course will take place on mondays from 10-11:30 am.
You can successfully complete the course and perform your services without having to be in Mainz.
To register for this course, send a personal e-mail to the teacher: jujosten@uni-mainz.de.
In the e-mail, please justify your interest in participating in the course and state your certified language level and matriculation number.
The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 8 persons; no further participants can be admitted to the course.
It is not possible to take both reading exercises (with Julia Josten and Carsten Jakobi) at the same time.
Contents:
The focus of this course is the debut novel "In Plüschgewittern" by the German author Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965-2013), published in 2002. The aim is to achieve a detailled understanding of the text – both linguistically and in terms of content. The text unfolds along the descriptions of the nameless protagonist, who just broke up with his girlfriend Erika and – after a brief stopover with his brother and his family – ends up with his best friend Desmond in Berlin. The events portrayed from the protagonist's point of view range from wild house parties to drink-intensive bar visits to clumsy dating attempts; the main topics are homosexuality and heterosexuality, the normativity of couple relationships and friendships as well as prevailing social discourses. In addition, the novel offers the opportunity to deal with the definition of the genre "pop literature" or "pop novel", to develop intertextual references to other German-language works, and to become familiar with the lexical peculiarities of the German language around the turn of the millennium.
During the reading exercise you can earn 1 ECTS point (regular participation and homework) to 4 ECTS points (paper) as well as a qualified grade. Alternative examination achievements (essay, presentation, etc.) for the acquisition of ECTS points are possible in consultation with the course instructor.
Recommended reading list:
Please be sure to obtain the following text edition:
Wolfgang Herrndorf: In Plüschgewittern. Rowohlt Paperback Publisher. (8,99 €) - Please select an edition of the new edition which will be published in 2012 or later.
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