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The Nineties (AE_HS1890s)- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Freiburg
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Wed 10:15 - 11:45, C 301
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das Hauptseminar gehört in folgenden Studiengängen zu folgenden Modulen:
BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) MA English Studies: Core Module: Literature (module 4051) MA English Studies: Master Module II: Literature (module 8360) MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell (Anglistik als Kernfach): Modul 9 Aufbaumodul
- Contents
- The era between 1890 and 1900 - frequently referred to as "The Nineties" or "The English Fin de Siècle" by literary critics - is one of the most fascinating periods in literary history. It was 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 Brotherhood and William Morris's 'Arts and Crafts Movement', we will focus on significant fin de siècle texts such as Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his theoretical essays "The Critic as Artist" (1891) and "The Decay of Lying" (1891), Walter Pater's “Conclusion” (Studies in the History of the Renaissance, 1873) and Arthur Symons's The Symbolist Movement (1899). We will also read and interpret the poems of Austin Dobson, Ernest Christopher Dowson and Algernon Swinburne.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 25
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 16.7.2018, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 6.10.2018, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2018/2019:
- Anglistik, Modul 8 F (M 8)
- Anglistik, Modul 9 F (M 9)
- Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
- Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)
- Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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