This course is a supplement to the lecture course “English Literature –
A Historical Survey”. It is meant to improve your skills of analyzing and interpreting literary texts as well as to deepen your general knowledge of English literary history.
Literatur:
Beowulf
(Auszüge); G. Chaucer,Canterbury Tales
(Auszüge: "General Prologue", "The Knight ́s Tale", "The Wife of Bath ́s T
ale");
W. Shakespeare,Hamlet
; J. Milton,Paradise Lost (Auszüge);
D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (Auszüge);
M. Shelley,Frankenstein;
J. Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn";
Ch. Dickens, Oliver Twist;
Sir A. Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(Auszug: "The Adventure of the MusgraveRitual");
T.S. Eliot, "The Journey of the Magi";
Sir W. Golding,Lord of the Flies;
A. Enisuoh "The Holiday";
J.K. Rowling,Harry Potter and the Philosopher ́s Stone.
Dramen und Romane sind zu erwerben, Auszüge, Stories und
Gedichte werden in einemReader bereitgestellt.
The course will be based on the texts as well as some screened adaptations.
- Trainer DS: Jürgen Ronthaler
Semester: ST 2013