230458 A ‘Good’ Book? Principles of Literary Evaluation (S) (WiSe 2016/2017)

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Most readers have an intuitive understanding of how good they find a book, and they will be able to rank the books they have read according to a personal scale of quality. But what makes a book actually 'good'? Who defines the criteria? Why have some texts (those in the canon, for instance) been regarded as high quality cultural productions over centuries, while others quickly fall into oblivion or are looked upon as 'minor', 'mediocre' or even 'bad' literature? Are there any supra-individual criteria to assess the quality of literature at all? And if so, why should we acquire the ability to apply them?

In this seminar, we will inquire into a whole range of aspects of literary evaluation, from textual qualities to the institutions of the literary system. We will read and discuss views from a broad selection of theoretical texts, and we will look at extracts from literary works that would seem to end up in different positions in quality rankings.

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23-ANG-M-HM2 Hauptmodul 2: British Literature and the Processes of Culture HM 2.1 British Literature in Context Study requirement
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