Advanced seminar: HS: Hos(ti)pitality in British Literature - Details

Advanced seminar: HS: Hos(ti)pitality in British Literature - Details

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Course name Advanced seminar: HS: Hos(ti)pitality in British Literature
Semester WS 2024/25
Current number of participants 13
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Englische Literaturwissenschaft
participating institutes ZZZ_Literaturwissenschaft (Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Courses type Advanced seminar in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 17.10.2024 11:45 - 13:15, Room: (D 2004)
Pre-requisites Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft
Performance record Regular attendance and active participation, thesis paragraphs, written term paper.
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile Yes
Hauptunterrichtssprache englisch
ECTS points 8-10

Rooms and times

(D 2004)
Thursday: 11:45 - 13:15, weekly (15x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s notion of “hostipitality”, this seminar seeks to explore various instances of hospitality together with its inherent contradictions/failure in British literature. According to Derrida, hospitality is an “impossible” concept inasmuch as it not only deconstructs itself in the course of its own performativity but is – paradoxically – constituted/realized precisely because of these contradictions. In this seminar, we shall, firstly, approach the phenomenon theoretically and then analyze a wide range of literary texts comprising various periods (from Chaucer to Julian Barnes) and genres (drama, poetry and prose). The larger thematic topics to be discussed will involve “hos(ti)pitality and the politics of love/sex”, “hos(ti)pitality, community and identity” and “hos(ti)pitality and unreliable narration”.
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:
William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
Patrick McGrath, The Grotesque
Jez Butterworth, Jerusalem

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Zeitgesteuerte Anmeldung: HS: Hos(ti)pitality in British Literature".
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:
  • The following categories of people are preferred during seat allocation:
    • Degree is Master of Arts (1154 persons)
  • 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 30.08.2024 on 12:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.