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Requirements: regular attendance, participation in class discussions, oral presentation, write-up
of presentation.
325/328: Literature course (interactive):
(für Lehramtsstudierende nach dem neuen Studienplan alternativ zu 323 wählbar)
2st, AR
Subject to availability places will also be allotted in the first lesson. Priority is given to
students on the new curriculum for whom attendance of such classes is compulsory.
Courses:
Wiliam Shakespeare and His Tragedies
(anrechenbar für Literaturmodul 326/328 sowie als K 525, K 531/32)
Manfred Draudt, Thu 9.30-11, Room 3 (ab 10.3.)
Registration: see p. 15 (16)
After surveying Shakespeare´s biography and the problems relating to authorship, we shall focus
on a close reading of "King Lear", which will be discussed within the context of his other
tragedies and plays. Aspects to be considered will also include the problem of the text(s) -
Quarto, Folio, composite -, the sources, structure and stagecraft, characters and characterisation,
themes and issues. Last but not least staging will be illustrated with examples from recent
productions.
Requirements: regular attendance, short written paper and oral report, final exam.
'Condition-of-England' – Plays from the 2 nd Half of the 20 th Century
(anrechenbar für das Literaturmodul und als K 524/K 531/32)
Ewald Mengel, Thu 13-15, Unterrichtsraum (ab 10.3.)
Registration: see p. 15 (16)
English Theatre in the 2 nd half of the 20 th century is a very political theatre. After 1968, the
dramatists react provocatively and radically to contemporary political trends and tendencies. The
seminar will focus on a number of plays which can be read as plays about the ‘state of the
nation’: Howard Brenton, The Churchill Play; Howard Brenton/David Hare, Pravda; Caryl
Churchill, Serious Money; David Edgar, Maydays; Harold Pinter, Party Time; David Hare,
Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War. Students are expected to give an oral presentation,
to write an essay of about 12-15 pages or to take a final written test. A list of topics will be
available in the first week of the seminar.
A Literary Journey Through England and Wales:
From the Late Middle Ages to the Romantics (c.1375-1850)
(anrechenbar für das Literaturmodul und als K 524/K 531/32)
Franz-Karl Wöhrer, Tue 9-11, Room 5 (ab 8.3.)
Registration: see p. 15 (16)