This course serves as a complement to the lecture "Introduction to
Literary Studies", which you were supposed to visit in the winter
semester. Basic topics introduced in the lecture will be discussed in
detail in each of the courses, with a particular focus on the most
important literary genres – poetry, drama and narrative fiction. We will
help you to acquire a good command of the basic analytical techniques
in the field of Anglophone literary studies. The structure of all
Introductory Courses to Literary Studies (Grundkurse) is identical. A
variety of texts will help illustrate important aspects of literature
such as the characteristics of the major epochs and genres, literary
theories as well as various approaches to literature, etc. The texts to
be discussed will be taken from a number of regions across the
Anglophone world. You need to read and prepare texts in advance of
sessions and actively participate in the classroom debates on a regular
basis, and you will also need to write a number of short assignments.
You will need the Reader and the two books mentioned above for your
Grundkurs as well as for the lecture.
- Lehrende(r): Zohra Hassan-Pieper