Wall Watching Reviewing Season 5

Focusing on students’ critical engagement with media productions, this course will give students the opportunity to write their own reviews and discuss the various reactions to the most recent appearance of one of today’s most popular fantasy series. Taking advantage of the fact that the new season by and large coincides with the summer term, the first section of the course will focus on in-class discussions of our viewing experiences, which will be complemented by written review activities in students’ forums and journals. Apart from establishing general guidelines and criteria for reviewing (which will also help us to assess the critical reception of the series in the web), a particular focus will lie on the problems of adaptation. Therefore, the second (smaller) section of the course will also provide a theoretical and critical framework to adaptation theory, which will be applied to our in-depth analyses. Since a competent participation for this latter part requires a thorough knowledge of the novels which the series adapt, and in order to avoid -spoiler” outcries during the course, participants will be expected to have read ALL FIVE volumes of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series that have been published so far. Participants must have read ALL FIVE VOLUMES of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series (i.e. A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons) by the beginning of the term. Seminar für Anglistik Beachten Sie, dass Sie diesen Kurs nach den Prüfungsordnungen ab 2011 nicht besuchen dürfen, wenn Sie die für dieses Modulelement laut Fachspezifischen Bestimmungen und Modulhandbuch notwendigen Voraussetzungen noch nicht erfüllen. BA-LKM ab 2011: Voraussetzung: abgeschlossenes Modul 1 Participants must have read ALL FIVE VOLUMES of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series (i.e. A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons) by the beginning of the term. 2 LP / 3 LP Studienleistung: regular, active participation; weekly forum entry (100-200 words) focussed on the adaptation of a point of view of your choice (selection will be done via moodle); deadlines for submissions will be the respective Sunday following the session. 5 LP / 3 LP Prüfungsleistung: see 2 LP / 3 LP Studienleistung PLUS submit a reading journal (deadline: last session) with ten 300-400 word reviews. 7 LP: see 2 LP / 3 LP Studienleistung PLUS your own adaptation (e.g. a piece of fan fiction) which in written form should comprise 3000-4000 words, to be submitted by 17 August 2015 the latest. The topic and form of your piece should have been discussed with and agreed upon by your instructor by end of June. 3 LP Prüfungsleistung: your own adaptation (e.g. a piece of fan fiction) which in written form should comprise 3000-4000 words, to be submitted by 17 August 2015 the latest. The topic and form of your piece should have been discussed with and agreed upon by your instructor by end of June. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CANNOT DO A PRÜFUNGSLEISTUNG FOR BA LKM MODULE 2 in this course. You can only do a Prüfungsleistung für BA-LKM Module 9. Universität Siegen SoSe 2015 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Müller Anja