Introductory seminar course: PS: British Travel Writing - Details

Introductory seminar course: PS: British Travel Writing - Details

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Course name Introductory seminar course: PS: British Travel Writing
Semester WS 2024/25
Current number of participants 30
maximum number of participants 30
Entries on waiting list 2
Home institute Englische Literaturwissenschaft
participating institutes ZZZ_Literaturwissenschaft (Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Courses type Introductory seminar course in category Teaching
First date Tuesday, 15.10.2024 11:45 - 13:15, Room: (D 1003)
Pre-requisites *EAS-1411*:
If you are allotted to this course, it is mandatory to attend the corresponding Übung "Narrative Analysis". Be sure to keep this slot free in your timetable. In order to sign up for the Übung, please send an email to your instructor.
Performance record thesis paragraphs, portfolio/research essay
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile Yes
Hauptunterrichtssprache englisch
ECTS points 6

Rooms and times

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

Module assignments

Comment/Description

The motif of journey has a long tradition since antiquity (most prominently, Homer’s Odyssey); its forms and functions are manifold. Accordingly, a (literary) journey can be physical, spiritual/metaphysical, psychological (e.g. the Bildungsroman), mnemonic, or a travel to remote spaces and/or times (such as utopias or dystopias); the spaces depicted can thereby refer to real ones or can be purely imagined/fantastic.
In this seminar, we will analyze a wide range of British travel writing, comprising various literary periods and genres (drama, poetry and prose). Beyond specific thematic concerns, our analyses will focus on spatio-temporal structures and their semantic potential.

A reader with assorted primary and secondary literature will be made available at the beginning of term.

Students are required to obtain their own copies of the following texts:

• Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness: and Other Tales (Oxford World’s Classics)
• H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
• Mark Ravenhill, Candide

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "ALW/ELW/NELK: Aufbaumodul BA/LA: PS".
*****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 26.08.2024 für die Anmeldung geöffnet. Die Verteilung der Plätze erfolgt am 26.08.2024 um 18 Uhr. 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:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 03.10.2024 on 18:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
  • The enrolment is possible from 02.09.2024, 08:00 to 03.10.2024, 12:00.
  • This setting is active from 02.09.2024 08:00 to 03.10.2024 12:00.
    Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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