Theory seminar: 8th semester
workshop
Bent Sørensen, anchor
This activity is open for 8th
and 10th semester, model a, students; ‘speciale’ students - and other people
with a specific interest in theory. All four sessions will feature a
student presentation, a response from one other student and the course
anchor teacher (BS), plus open discussion. The seminar topics will be
determined on the basis of student interests, so please communicate to
me at the earliest possible time which area you would like to talk
about and which text(s) you are interested in discussing...
The course starts March 1., 2005 and will comprise of 4
sessions. The core enrolment is Maria Christiansen, Line
Frøkjær, and Alan Amos. Tomasz Sienicki, Ivan Iouakov and
others will function as respondents. All theory interested students are
encouraged to attend the three sessions detailed below:
Sessions:
8/3: Magical realism: Origins and applications of the genre. Texts: The
introduction and first chapter of Ordinary Enchantments by
Wendy Faris; Chapter 1 of Garcia Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude [Master copy available in the course
pigeon hole!]
Presentation: Alan,
respondent Sámal Jacobsen
15/3: Historiographic metafiction: A spectrum. Text: Patricia Waugh: Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of
Self-Conscious Fiction, chapter 5. [Master copy available in the course
pigeon hole!]
Fictional texts: Chapter 1
of Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5;
End of Richard Brautigan: A
Confederate Genral From Big Sur
Presentation: Maria, respondent Ivan
29/3: Identity and nationalism: Connections in Ireland? Text:
Gerry Smyth: The Novel and the Nation,
Ch. 1 & 2. Literary text: Joseph O'Connor: “Four Green Fields”
Presentation: Line,
respondent Tomasz