Hauptseminar Poetic Form the Aesthetics and Poetics of Literature

What is poetic form? This course is based on the observation that notions of poetic form are often only addressed in passing when discussing a literary text in the classroom. So this course is an experiment in raising awareness and stretching our minds to arrive at a greater appreciation of form. Following Theodor Adorno, who deplored the -philistine division of art into form and content” (Ästhetische Theorie, transl. Aesthetic Theory) and argued that art is both limited and liberated by form, and adhering to John Dewey conviction that -there can be no distinction drawn, save in reflection, between form and substance” (Art as Experience), we will explore ways of understanding form which are distinctly non-reductive and non-materialistic.Arguably, poetic form is both the stimulus for and the result of cognitive processes that compute information regarding shape, organisational units and the meaning of an artefact or a work of art. Hence, we will also venture into the emerging field of cognitive poetics. In the Aristotelian tradition, pure form does not exist in the realm of humans, it is always attached to matter. At the same time, form is not a quality or property of matter, it is a conceptual category that is brought to the object (hê kata ton logon ousia; Metaphysics VII 10, 1035b15). So instead of arguing for a special, literary conception of form when looking at poetry, plays, and prose in this class, we will scrutinize form as a general cognitive and emotional construction. Texts to be read for and and in class will be provided. -Form, then, might be a word which, as a result of all these repeated, reformulated definitions, starts to alter the very thing we mean by knowing.” (Angela Leighton. On Form. [Oxford: OUP, 2007], 27.) Texts will be provided in class. To get some idea where this is heading have a look at this: http://www.pjaesthetics.org/index.php/pjaesthetics/article/view/41/129 Bemerkung Bitte beachten Sie: die LV ist grundsätzlich dreistündig. Vor der angegebenen Veranstaltungszeit (14 - 16 c.t ) gibt es von 13:15 - 14:00 Gelegenheit zur Vertiefung des Stoffes und zur Besprechung von Thesenpapieren. Diese 1. Stunde findet in Schellingstr. 9, Raum 306 statt. Anmeldung Prüfungsanmeldung (über LSF): 22. Juni - 3. Juli 2015 Downloads DateinameBeschreibunggültig vongültig bis Poetic Form course curriculum.doc course syllabus Angela Leighton interview.pdf Angela Leighton Hearing Meaning in Poetry Abrams Meter.pdf M H Abrams Meter Eagleton.pdf Terry Eagleton How to Read a Poem Derek Attridge Moving Words.pdf Derek Attridge A Return to Form? Jarvis Historical Poetics.tif Simon Jarvis What Is Historical Poetics William Blake Chimney Sweeper.pdf Blake The Chimney Sweeper Levinson - Philosophical Aesthetics.pdf Jerrold Levinson Philosophical Aesthetics Leighton On Form.pdf Angela Leighton -On Form- ch. 1 Patterson The Story of the Blue Flower 2009.pdf Dan Paterson 'The Story of the Blue Flower' Jarvis Undeleter for Criticism.pdf Simon Jarvis An Undeleter for Criticism Tucker Unsettled Scores.pdf Tucker Unsettled Scores Turner Form Literature and Science Isis.pdf Turner Form Literature and Science Contemporary Poetry - two perspectives.doc Contemporary Poetry - Telegraph, Guardian Zum Download müssen Sie angemeldet sein! LMU München SoSe 2015 Department III Anglistik und Amerikanistik