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