Core Module Literature (Core Lit)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Core Module Literature)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Core Module Literature)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • The Nineties
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Rudolf Freiburg, Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, C 301)
  • ISG zu HS Nineties
    (Übung, 1 SWS, Rudolf Freiburg, Zeit und Raum n.V.)
  • Shakespeare on Page and Screen
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Doris Feldmann, Do, 10:15 - 11:45, C 601)
  • ISG zum HS Shakespeare on Page and Screen
    (Übung, 2 SWS, Doris Feldmann, Do, 16:15 - 17:45, C 603; Einzeltermin am 31.1.2019, 16:15 - 17:45, A 603 (Bismarckstr. 1))
  • It's the End of the World as We Know It: Post-Apocalyptic Fictions of the 19th and 20th Century
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Christian Krug, Mi, 16:15 - 17:45, C 601)
  • ISG zum HS It's the End of the World as We Know It
    (Kurs, 1 SWS, Christian Krug, Mi, 13:00 - 13:45, C 603)
• Advanced Seminar (Hauptseminar) + self-directed study

  Students taking the Core Module Literature select one of the listed Advanced Seminars. In addition, they conduct self-directed study.

Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:

Students should have completed two of the Introductory Modules, including Culture before beginning this module. (übernommen aus dem Prüfungsordnungsmodul Core Module Literature)

Inhalt:

The module provides a detailed, in-depth study of key concepts, meth-ods and critical terminology in modern Literary Studies and applies them to a core topic in English Studies. Possible concepts and core topics are:

• the theory and practice of literary criticism, including case studies on the application of critical approaches to literary texts

• critical discussions of the functions of literary canons (e.g. de- and recanonization, especially in contexts of gender studies or (post)colonialism)

• the historicity of literature and the representation of history (incl. the history of ideas) in literature

• literature, literary theory and cultural politics

• concepts of difference and representation in literary theory

• case studies on contemporary literary theory (e.g., religious and ethical turns)

• the study and problematization of the literary and cultural signifi-cance of literary modes and genres

• detailed study of particular literary movements or periods (e.g. Renaissance, Restoration, Romanticism)

In class (an Advanced Seminar), the respective core topic is discussed, contextualized, and critically evaluated from different perspectives. In a period of supervised self-directed study/reading assignments, students approach the topic with a narrower, individual focus. They will work on the critical concepts and terminology they use in their research, explore the contexts of their object of study, and familiarise themselves with relevant, especially current, scholarship in the field.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students will apply independently, but with supervision, current critical concepts and methods in Literary Studies to a core topic in the field. The module will allow them to improve their skills in the following areas:

• explore the use and limitations of particular theories and methods as applied to a clearly-defined topic in English Studies

• improve their skills in academic description, analysis, and debate

• develop ideas both in the context of a group (seminar) as well as independently
  

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. English Studies (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2017w | PhilFak | English Studies (Master of Arts) | Schwerpunkt Culture and Literature | Pflichtmodule | Core Module Literature)
2. English Studies (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2017w | PhilFak | English Studies (Master of Arts) | Schwerpunkt Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | maximal 30 ECTS | maximal 20 ECTS aus Culture und Literature | Core Module Literature)
3. English Studies (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2017w | PhilFak | English Studies (Master of Arts) | ohne Schwerpunkt | Wahlpflichtbereich | mindestens 30 ECTS aus Culture and Literature | Core Module Literature)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Portfolioprüfung: Hausarbeit und Thesenpapier (nach mündlicher Präsentation) zu Core Module Literature (Prüfungsnummer: 40511)

(englischer Titel: Seminar paper and thesis paper)

Prüfungsleistung, mehrteilige Prüfung, benotet, 10 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2–3 pages, 20%)

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: WS 2018/2019

1. Prüfer:

Christian Krug

Termin: 22.03.2019
Termin: 20.09.2019

1. Prüfer:

Rudolf Freiburg

Termin: 31.03.2019
Termin: 30.09.2019
Termin: 30.09.2019
Termin: 31.07.2020
Termin: 31.03.2020
Termin: 30.09.2020
Termin: 30.09.2020

1. Prüfer:

Doris Feldmann

Termin: 31.03.2019
Termin: 30.09.2019
Termin: 31.03.2020