Exercises: Ü Narrative Analysis - Details

Exercises: Ü Narrative Analysis - Details

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Course name Exercises: Ü Narrative Analysis
Semester WS 2024/25
Current number of participants 24
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Englische Literaturwissenschaft
participating institutes ZZZ_Literaturwissenschaft (Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Courses type Exercises in category Teaching
First date Wednesday, 16.10.2024 11:45 - 13:15, Room: (D 1003)
Performance record Portfolio
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile Yes
Hauptunterrichtssprache englisch
Literaturhinweise A reader with assorted texts will be provided on Digicampus.
ECTS points 2-4

Rooms and times

(D 1003)
Wednesday: 11:45 - 13:15, weekly (15x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This course aims to introduce central principles of narrative analysis and deepen students’ knowledge of these categories.
Key areas are:
- Narrative situation (Who speaks? Who perceives?)
- Strategies of rendering consciousness in narrative
- Time and space in narrative
- Unreliability
The basic framework will be provided by Gérard Genette’s structuralist model of narratology (which we will compare against Franz K. Stanzel’s triadic model of narrative situations), but where appropriate other relevant narratological theories will be introduced.
Besides reading and discussing the theoretical foundations of narrative analysis, there will be a focus on applying the analytical tools provided by narratology, which means students will get ample opportunities to practise their newly gained knowledge. The analytic framework this course seeks to trace is fundamental for a profound understanding of all narrative fiction and is therefore essential both with regard to writing term papers on prose texts and with regard to the analytical skills required in the state exam.


Narrative Analysis is one of the five major areas relevant to literary studies (prose, drama, poetry, film, and literary theory) and is usually offered once every year. Students are advised to have attended all analysis courses before registering for their final exams.

A reader with select texts (primary and secondary) will be made available.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "ALW/ELW/NELK: Aufbaumodul BA/LA: Ü".
*****IMPORTANT NOTICE EAS-1411 and EAS-1414*****
Students enrolled in the modules EAS-1411 and/or EAS-1414 must take an exercise class/Übung in addition to a proseminar. All students will automatically be registered for the appropriate exercise class/Übung once they have been assigned a place in their proseminar. The following exercises/Übungen and proseminars are combined:


PS "Haunted Houses" --> Ü "Narrative Analysis: Hauntings" (Ellinger; Thu 11:45 - 13:45)
PS "British Travel Writing" --> Ü "Narrative Analysis" (Kerler; Wed 11:45 - 13:15)
PS "Gender Politics in Irish Literature" --> Ü "Narrative Analysis" (Ries; Mon 15:45 - 17:15)
PS "Shakespearean Drama" --> Ü "Drama Analysis" (Riedelsheimer; Tue 11:45 - 13:15)
PS "American Renaissance" --> Ü "Narrative Analysis" (Krischer; Fri 11:45 - 13:15)
PS "Rewriting Enslavement" --> Ü "Narrative Analysis: Enslavement in 20th and 21st Century Fiction" (McPherson; Mon 14:00 - 15:00)

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Studierende der Anglistik/Amerikanistik und des Faches Englisch können sich bereits während der vorgezogenen Anmeldephase zur Sicherstellung des Studienfortschritts für die Aufbau- und Vertiefungsmodule anmelden. Hierzu wird ein gewisses Kontingent der Kursplätze im Zeitraum vom 12.08.2024 bis 28.08.2024 für die Anmeldung geöffnet. Die Verteilung der Plätze erfolgt am 30.08.2024. Bitte beachten Sie, dass in dieser Anmeldephase Studierende in höheren Fachsemestern bei der Verteilung der Plätze priorisiert werden.
Die allgemeine Anmeldephase beginnt am 02.09.2024 und endet am 07.10.2024.
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • This setting is active from 02.09.2024 08:00 to 07.10.2024 12:00.
    Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
  • The enrolment is possible from 02.09.2024, 08:00 to 07.10.2024, 12:00.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 09.10.2024 on 12:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
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