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Fin de Siècle Literature- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Freiburg
- Details
- Hauptseminar
Time and place: Mon 10:15 - 11:45, C 301
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das HS Literature gehört in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:
BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A: Literary Studies (302);(Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandenes Zwischenmodul II)
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature)
Alte Studiengänge (Studienbeginn vor WS 07/08)
MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell: Modul 4
MA English Studies: Core Module Literature (nur HS; zum Modul gehört weiterhin das „Selbststudium mit Kontaktzeit“, 1 SWS) (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: keine)
MA English Studies: Master Module II Literature (nur HS; zum Modul gehört weiterhin das „Selbststudium im Teilfach mit Kontaktzeit“ bzw. das „Selbststudium kumulativ“, 1 SWS) (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: keine)
- Contents
- The 'English fin de siècle' is one of the most fascinating periods in literary history. The 'Nineties'- as the period is also called - were intensely characterised by social tensions, achievements in both science and technology and provocative theories of art in general and literature in particular. Since the fin de siècle is no isolated national phenomenon, its literature has to be interpreted against the backdrop of significant international ideas, including 'naturalism', (French) symbolism, and decadence. After studying the culture of the Pre-Raphaelite Botherhood and William Morris's 'Arts and Crafts Movement', we will focus on significant finde siècle texts such as Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his theoretical essays The Critic as Artist und The Decay of Lying,W alter Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance and Arthur Symons's The Symbolist Movement. We will also read and interpret the poems of Austin Dobson, Ernest Christopher Dowson and Algernon Swinburne.
- Recommended literature
- Recommended texts:
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. (Norton Critical Edition)
Sally Ledger and Roger Luckhurst, The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History c. 1880-1900 (Oxford: OUP, 2000)
Wolfgang Asholt und Walter Fähnders, hg., Fin de Siècle: Erzählungen, Gedichte, Essays (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1993).
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2015:
- Anglistik, Modul B
- Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
- Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)
- Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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