17395
Hauptseminar
WiSe 15/16: HS-Studying the Present Moment: Reading the Man Booker Prize
Sabine Schülting
Kommentar
This course will focus on the Man Booker Prize winners of the last years. Our readings will contextualise the novels in their contemporary literary and cultural contexts, but we will also study the media coverage, discuss the judging process and assess the criteria for awarding the prize. In addition, the course seeks to approach the question of how to study "the present moment", i.e. contemporary fiction of the last few years, without the help of a long list of secondary material.
Texts: Anne Enright, The Gathering (2007); Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008); Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009); Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (2010), Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (2011); Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (2013); Richard Flannagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2014). Students should purchase these novels, all of which are available as inexpensive paperbacks.
Assessment will be on the basis of regular attendance, active participation in classroom activities and the submission of an essay of c. 7500 words or, alternatively, a portfolio of 3 essays of c. 2500 words each. Please note that the reading load will be heavy, so you may wish to read some of the novels during the term break (we will proceed chronologically in class, starting with Enright's novel). Schließen
Texts: Anne Enright, The Gathering (2007); Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008); Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009); Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question (2010), Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (2011); Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (2013); Richard Flannagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2014). Students should purchase these novels, all of which are available as inexpensive paperbacks.
Assessment will be on the basis of regular attendance, active participation in classroom activities and the submission of an essay of c. 7500 words or, alternatively, a portfolio of 3 essays of c. 2500 words each. Please note that the reading load will be heavy, so you may wish to read some of the novels during the term break (we will proceed chronologically in class, starting with Enright's novel). Schließen
16 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 13.10.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 20.10.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 27.10.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 03.11.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 10.11.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 17.11.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 24.11.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 01.12.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 08.12.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 15.12.2015 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 05.01.2016 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 12.01.2016 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 19.01.2016 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 26.01.2016 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 02.02.2016 10:00 - 12:00
Di, 09.02.2016 10:00 - 12:00