Proseminar Introduction to Semiotics

Message for all students who have registerd for this cours but have not yet benn admitted:   Dear Student, You have registered for the course -Introduction to Semiotics-. I am writing you today because the number of students is too high and a solution of the problem is needed. Please check the following items very carefully. 1. Please check whether you are aware that his course can only begin on June 6 and will take place every Monday from 8 am to 1 pm. In case you cannot attend the course regularly every Monday from 8.00 to 13.00, please unregister on Hispos for this course. 2. The Institute for English and American Studies informs me that a new Proseminar is being offered by Professor Wallmannsberger under the title -Linguistics and Media Studies- (Ang075) (http://kurzlink.de/vhqmDpI61). The advantage, it takes place regularly every week from the first to the last week of the semester. If this is a better alternative for you and you decide to attend this course instead fo mine, please unregister. 3. For students who have considered the options 1 and 2, but still want to participate in my course, I have the following announcement. 4. All visiting students who are guests from other from universities, e.g., from Italy or Spain, can consider themselves admitted to this course. 5. All regular students registered on HISPOS need to make up their mind urgently and decide in which modality you want to or need attend the course. Please chek your Studienordnung carefully where you will find the answer. In case of doubt, please ask at the Prüfungsamt to find out in which form you should participate. 6. All students who only want to attend the course in the modality -Vorlesung- or -active regular attendance- are admitted. These students will not have to and not be able to participate in a final test (Klausur), nor will they hand in a term paper (Hausarbeit). At the end of the semester they have to hand in Lecture Notes that document their regular and active participation. Students of the categories 1 to 6 do not need to send me any message. 7. Students of the modalities Hausarbeit and Klausur are requested to send me an e-mail with the Ref. -Introduction to Semiotics-, their matriculation number and a letter of intent in which you explain why you want to or need to attend the course. Please include information on your semester, the semester in which you attended sucessfully the -Introduction to Linguistics-, and possibly the names of other linguistics courses that you have attended as well as the particular reasons why you ant to or need to attend this course and not an alternative course. I need this information as soon as possible. I will decide on the number of students that can be admitted under the modalities of Hausarbeit or Klausur by April 12. Best regards, Winfried Nöth --------------------- The course gives an introduction to the field of semiotics. The basic concepts and the theoretical tools of the study of signs and communication in language and culture will be discussed. This course will take place Mondays from 8 to 13h, beginning on June 6, ending on July 11. Credits can be acquired by means of -regular active attendance-, a final test (-Klausur-) and/or a term paper (Hausarbeit).-Regular active attendance- includes the oral presentation of the main ideas of one of the topics of the course. Important: Reading material for this course will be available in the form of a -Reader-.  Introductions to semiotics: Cobley, Paul & L. Jansz.1997. Semiotics for Beginners. Cambridge: Icon Books. Danesi, Marcel & Donato Santerramo. 1992. Introducing Semiotics. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press. Eco, Umberto. 1976. A Theory of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Holdcroft, David. 1991. Saussure: Signs, System, and Arbitrariness. Cambridge: Univ. Press Innis, R.E. 1985. Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Nöth, Winfried. 1990. Handbook of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Nöth, Winfried. 2000. Handbuch der Semiotik. 2. rev. Aufl. Stuttgart: Metzler. Sebeok, Thomas A. 1994. Sings: An Introduction to Semiotics. Toronto & London: Toronto Univ. Press & Pinter. Introductions to semiotics: Cobley, Paul & L. Jansz.1997. Semiotics for Beginners. Cambridge: Icon Books. Danesi, Marcel & Donato Santerramo. 1992. Introducing Semiotics. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press. Eco, Umberto. 1976. A Theory of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Holdcroft, David. 1991. Saussure: Signs, System, and Arbitrariness. Cambridge: Univ. Press Innis, R.E. 1985. Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Nöth, Winfried. 1990. Handbook of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Nöth, Winfried. 2000. Handbuch der Semiotik. 2. rev. Aufl. Stuttgart: Metzler. Sebeok, Thomas A. 1994. Sings: An Introduction to Semiotics. Toronto & London: Toronto Univ. Press & Pinter. Bemerkung This course will take place Mondays from 8 to 13h, beginning on June 6, ending on July 11. Credits can be acquired by means of -regular active attendance-, a final test (-Klausur-) and/or a term paper (Hausarbeit).-Regular active attendance- includes the oral presentation of the main ideas of one of the topics of the course. Important: Reading material for this course will be available in the form of a -Reader-. FB 02 Institut für Anglistik / Amerikanistik Uni Kassel SoSe 2016 Anglistik/Englisch English and American Studies HF Prof. i.R. Nöth Winfried i.R