SoSe 17: GK-Surveying English Literatures I
Andrew James Johnston
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The concept of ‘English literature’ is fraught with conflict and controversy. It is in a process of constant evolution as new novels, poems, plays or whole new genres jostle for recognition, and as formerly little known authors from the past (many women writers, for instance) are added to the canon or as previously marginalized areas of study (such as the postcolonial literatures) join the community of ‘Engl. Lit.’ In order to give students an overview of this field of study, which starts well before 1000 A. D., and is still changing and expanding, the English department offers a lecture series designed to summarize the main periods of English literature from the medieval and the early modern period, via the “long eighteenth century”, Romanticism, Victorianism, down to Modernism, Postcolonialism and Postmodernism. This is a team-taught lecture course in which a group of professors from the department contribute their respective expertise so as to give students an insight into the range of ‘English Literature’ over a millennium.
The lectures are in English, the required level of linguistic competence is C1. close14 Class schedule
Regular appointments