"At the height of the Victorian period, a craze for the Gothic style swept England and spread far beyond. Gothic architecture, associated with the social and cultural ideals of the Middle Ages, was seen as a means of remaking the modern world. (We will try to) unravel the layers of meaning that Gothic held for its many reinventors: from the political uses of Gothic history in the 17th century to Barry and Pugin's Houses of Parliament in the mid-19th century. Yet Gothic is not just buildings: continually recreated, it has taken the form of poetry and fiction, of painting and sculpture, of movies and video games, of Gothic music and Gothic punk. Gothic became a dominant cultural and architectural force not only in 19th-century Britain, but across Europe, in the United States and in the countries of the British Empire." (Chris Brooks, The Gothic Revival, 1999, blurb)
You should have completed the courses "Analysing and Interpreting Literary Texts" (British or American) and Social and Cultural Studies (Britain).
| Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum |
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| Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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| Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngPM4; BaAngPM3 | 2/3 | |||
| Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM4; BaAngPM3 | 2/3 | ||||
| Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM4; BaAngPM3 | 2/3 | ||||
| Literaturwissenschaft / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Nebenfach | BaLitP8 | 2/4/6 |
Active participation includes the regular preparation of texts and a short presentation. (Presentations are subject to availability, depending on class size.)
Regular attendance is expected, as class discussions are an integral part of the course's learning objectives. If you miss more than three sessions, you will be asked to make up for them in an interview.
To obtain 3 LP and a grade, students write a seminar paper of about 3,600 words.