Jonthan Swift- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Freiburg
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h
Time and place: Mon 10:15 - 11:45, room tbd
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A(301) Literary Studies (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) - HA
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYMLiterature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature), HA (80 %)
MA English Studies: Core Module Literature –Portfolioprüfung: HA und Thesenpapier (40511) bzw. Teilbereichsmodul Literature– HA (40501) und Thesenpapier (40502);
Master Module II - Portfolioprüfung: HA undThesenpapier (83601) bzw. Schwerpunktmodul II Literature - HA (40801) undThesenpapier (40802)
MA Literaturstudien – intermedial undinterkulturell: (Anglistik als Kernfach) Modul 4
- Contents
- Jonathan Swift is one of the most important satirists of the eighteenth century. In this seminar, we will concentrate on his satires written in both prose and verse. After analysing the political satire in Book I and II, the attacks on science in Book III and the concept of Swift's "new anthropology" in Book IV of Gulliver's Travels (1726), we will focus on the complex satirical innuendos of The Battle of the Books (1704), A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument against Abolishing Christianity in England (1708) and A Modest Proposal (1729). Basing our discussions on traditional and contemporary positions of theory we will finally study Swift’s most significant verse satires such as "The Lady's Dressing Room" (1732), "The Beasts' Confession to the Priest" (1732), "A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed" (1734) und "Strephon and Chloe" (1734).
- Recommended literature
- Texte (anzuschaffen): Angus Ross und David Woolley (Hrsg.): Jonathan Swift (Oxford und New York, 1984).
- Additional information
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2017:
- Anglistik, Modul B (M 4)
- Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
- Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)
- Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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