17395 Graduate Course

WiSe 18/19: HS-Literary and Cultural Theories: Scotland and the World

Cordula Lemke

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Today's image of Scotland is still dominated by the myth of peaty and moss-covered Highlands and their tartan-wearing hospitable inhabitants who entertain weary travellers with tales of ghosts and murderers. These apparently authentic traditions can often be traced back to the need to invent a Scottish national identity in the 18th and 19th century. Not only have these inventions found their way into the novels of the time, but writers like Robert Burns, Walter Scott, or James Hogg can indeed be seen as the source of this mythical image of Scotland. In this seminar we will look at the myths these writers employ and construct, at how these inventions affect the image of the Scottish nation and at the traces they leave in today's cultural productions of a globalised age.

Texts: Walter Scott, Waverley James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Iain Banks, Espedair Street A.L. Kennedy, Paradise

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15 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 2018-10-16 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-10-23 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-10-30 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-11-06 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-11-13 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-11-20 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-11-27 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-12-11 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2018-12-18 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-01-08 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-01-15 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-01-22 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-01-29 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-02-05 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Tue, 2019-02-12 16:00 - 18:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Cordula Lemke

Location:
JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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