UCJNNK18 Literary studies as a branch of cultural studies

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
Firstly, this class aims at introducing the students into theoretical foundations of cultural studies, with particular emphasis on culturally-oriented research into modern German literature. A second objective is an introduction into fields of application of modern philology regarded as a branch of cultural studies: literary life as a 'system' of literature with actors, institutions and mechanisms of production, reception, evaluation and re-evaluation of literary texts, and texts in the field of tensions, influencies and counter-influencies of intercultural and trans-media semiotic systems. In sum, new and broader fields of studies and applications of philological studies are to be opened up and introduced to students. As a whole, the course consists of three parts: 1. What are and in which way do operate literary studies regarded as a branch of cultural studies? This question will be answered by way of examples by introducing basic concepts of inter-mediality, cultural semiotics, and New historicism. 2. An introduction into basic fields of application (1): Inter-mediality: Some of its forms, modes of action, genres and systems 3. An introduction into basic fields of application (2): The literary system as a social and inter-(cultural) system: literary memorials, centers and awards; translations and other forms of inter-cultural transfers. The first field of applications will render the theoretical introduction into semiotics and inter-mediality more precise and provide more details, while the second field of applications will, generally speaking, add to the discussions of New historicism, and history of mentalities. The class will combine elements from lectures and practical exercises. A written final exam will serve as a basic means of qualification. Presentations and portefeuilles to be written by the students may be added.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Nünning, Ansgar. Artikel "Kulturwissenschaft", in: Ders. (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie. Ansätze - Personen - Grundbegriffe. Stuttgart, Weimar, 2008. info
  • Müller-Funk, Wolfgang. Die Kultur und ihre Narrative. Eine Einführung. Wien, 2008. info
  • Därmann, Iris, Christoph Jamme. Kulturwissenschaften. Konzepte, Theorien, Autoren. München, 2007. info
  • Jaeger, Friedrich; Jürgen Straub. Handbuch der Kulturwissenschaften. Bd. 2: Paradigmen und Disziplinen. Stuttgart, 2004. info
  • Benthien, C., H.R. Velten. Germanistik als Kulturwissenschaft. Eine Einführung in neue Theoriekonzepte. Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2002. info
  • Kussin, Christiane. Zwischen Reliquienkult und Reizüberflutung. Möglichkeiten der Konzeption und Gestaltung von Literaturausstellungen. Berlin, 2002. info
  • Kussin, Christiane. Dichterhäuser im Wandel. Wie sehen Literaturmuseen und Literaturausstellungen der Zukunft aus? Berlin, 2001. info
  • Greenblatt, Stephen. Was ist Literaturgeschichte? Frankfurt a.M., 2000. info
  • Haug, Walter. 'Literaturwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft?'. Tübingen, 1999. info
  • Graevenitz, Gerhard von. 'Literaturwissenschaft und Kulturwissen-schaften. Eine Erwiderung'. Tübingen, 1999. info
  • Greenblatt, Stephen. Schmutzige Riten. Betrachtungen zwischen Weltbildern. Frankfurt am Main, 1995. info
  • Clifford, James. Writing culture. The poetics and politics of ethnography. Berkeley, 1986. info
  • Nöth, Winfried. Handbuch der Semiotik. Stuttgart, 1985. info
  • Geertz, Clifford. Beiträge zum Verstehen kultureller Systeme. Frankfurt a.M., 1983. info
  • Bausinger, Hermann. Germanistik als Kulturwissenschaft'. Bonn, 1980. info
    not specified
  • Autsch, Sabiene; Grisko, Michael; Seibert, Peter. Atelier und Dichterzimmer in neuen Medienwelten. Zur aktuellen Situation von Künstler- und Literaturhäusern. Bilefeld, 2005. info
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023.
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