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Vorlesung/Übung: Introduction to the Study of Literature(Theories and Methods)
Course Description
As an introduction to the study of literature, this lecture course tries to lay the necessary foundations for a scholarly approach to literature and texts in general. That is, the study of literature will be situated in a wider context, i.e. the network of literary communication. This entails:
1. defining key terms such as “literature” and “text”
2. discussing literary genres and their specifics (drama, fiction, poetry)
3. introducing the basic tools for the study of literature (bibliography, stylistics, rhetorical
figures, imagery, metrics, poetics)
4. surveying important critical approaches and methods of literary theory
5. exploring periods and classifications of literature
6. providing guidelines and standards for writing research essays
This course, which concludes with a written test during the penultimate week, is obligatory for beginners ('Grundstudium') and a prerequisite for 'Proseminare' and the intermediate exam ('Zwischenprüfung').
Required Reading:
Klarer, Mario (2004). An Introduction to Literary Studies. London: Routledge.
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Introduction