Vorlesung English LiteratureTwentieth Century and Beyond

This lecture surveys continuity and changes within literary communication on the British Isles since about 1900, and features relevant texts and contexts. From the turn-of-the-century Irish Renaissance, we again find a parallel development in British and Irish literatures. Since the 1920s, the electronic media provide new opportunities for literature, but also pose a challenge. A radical break with literary conventions happens in the free verse of T.S. Eliot and Ted Hughes as well as in the interior monologue and further fictional experiments of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. This is however no model for all. Poets such as Philip Larkin abstained from that free verse movement, others – most notably W.H. Auden and Dylan Thomas – tested out alternative forms such as accentual and syllabic verse . Writers of mainstream fiction successfully retained and entertained their audience not only with stories of crime, thrill and adventure, but also with psychological realism and (historical) novels of character. The multicultural character of postcolonial British society is reflected in poetry, fiction and stage-plays alike. Since the 1950s, a flowering of British and Irish drama occurred in various venues, from the West End stages to the Fringe, as well as in radio and television. Prüfungsform: Klausur (60 Min.) Accompanying study book: Nowak, Helge. 2010. Literature in Britain and Ireland: A History . UTB 3148. Tübingen: Francke. Leistungsnachweis B.A.-Nebenfach SLK: Diese Veranstaltung entspricht in WP 2 dem Kurstyp -Kernveranstaltung zu Themen der Literaturwissenschaft m/n/o/p- (WP 2.0.13/15/17/19). Sie erhalten 3 ECTS, wenn Sie entweder eine Klausur (30-60 Min.) schreiben oder eine mündliche Prüfung (15-30 Min.) ablegen oder ein Portfolio (20.000-40.000 Zeichen) fertigen. Die Prüfung muss benotet sein. Die Wahl der Prüfungsart liegt beim Dozenten. Anmeldung Anmeldung (über LSF) 29. März bis 4. April 2016 Downloads DateinameBeschreibunggültig vongültig bis VL Lit Comm 1900ff 1.1 Lecture Plan 2016 - 2 rev.doc Lecture plan (altered) VL Lit Comm 1900ff 1.2 Introductory words 2016.doc Introductory words VL Lit Comm 1900ff 1.3 List of Texts 2016 - 2.doc List of texts (altered) VL 1900ff - 1.3 Lecture hall.pdf How to find the lecture hall Hilfsmittel_aktualisiert 2012ff.doc General bibliography VL Lit Comm 1900ff 1.5 Grundmodell literar. Kommunikation.doc Grundmodell literar. Kommunikation 1 Poetry 1900ff_New developments.doc Poetry 1 2 Poetry 1900ff_More moderate forms of experiment and innovation.doc Poetry 2 VL Lit Comm 1900ff - 3.ppt Poetry 3a 20160318 Slough.jpg Poetry 3b Sonette 20.Jh.pdf Poetry 3c 4 Poetry 1900ff_Scottish, Welsh and Irish.doc Poetry 4a 20130106 Session 11 (13 January) Irish Poetry.pdf Poetry 4b Irish poetry Zum Download müssen Sie angemeldet sein! Department III - Anglistik und Amerikanistik B.A.-Nebenfach SLK: Diese Veranstaltung entspricht in WP 2 dem Kurstyp -Kernveranstaltung zu Themen der Literaturwissenschaft m/n/o/p- (WP 2.0.13/15/17/19). Sie erhalten 3 ECTS, wenn Sie entweder eine Klausur (30-60 Min.) schreiben oder eine mündliche Prüfung (15-30 Min.) ablegen oder ein Portfolio (20.000-40.000 Zeichen) fertigen. Die Prüfung muss benotet sein. Die Wahl der Prüfungsart liegt beim Dozenten. LMU München SoSe 2016 Prof.Dr. Nowak Helge