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WiSe 12/13: Constructing Difference-T: Ekphrastic Traditions: Ancient to Early Modern
Andrew James Johnston
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Ekphrasis is one of the oldest and the most fascinating phenomena literary studies has to offer. Originally, the rhetorical term referred to any kind of detailed description. But soon a specialized notion of ekphrasis developed, denoting verbal representations of works of art - even though this notion was theorized no earlier than the twentieth century. These works of art are, however, frequently fictional. Examples are to be found as early as Homer and Virgil and they were quickly imitated by self-conscious poets in antiquity and after. Ekphrasis is so interesting to literary scholars because of the many meanings and functions that are attached to it. Ekphrasis addresses central problems of representation, story-telling and fiction. It is through their use of ekphrasis that poets in history have time and again sought so inscribe themselves into the literary tradition. And, for literary scholars, ekphrasis provides a bridge into the realm of the visual, i.e. an opening into the ever-expanding world of visual culture and interart studies.
A reader will be made available to students at the beginning of the course. It will contain texts by Chaucer and Shakespeare and translations of texts by Homer, Virgil and Ovid.
This course will be taught in English and requires a knowledge of the language commensurate with C1 or, preferably, C2. close
A reader will be made available to students at the beginning of the course. It will contain texts by Chaucer and Shakespeare and translations of texts by Homer, Virgil and Ovid.
This course will be taught in English and requires a knowledge of the language commensurate with C1 or, preferably, C2. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2012-10-15 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-10-22 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-10-29 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-11-05 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-11-12 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-11-19 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-11-26 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-12-03 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-12-10 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2012-12-17 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-01-07 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-01-14 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-01-21 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-01-28 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-02-04 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2013-02-11 10:00 - 12:00