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58871-01 - Forschungsseminar: A Screaming Comes Across the Sky: Reading Pynchon’s "Gravity’s Rainbow" (4 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2020 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Christian Hänggi (christian.haenggi@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow" is one of the major works of literature of the twentieth century, equally famous and infamous, and in ambition and impenetrability on a par with works like James Joyce's "Ulysses" or Ezra Pound's "Cantos". Hailed as a founding text of literary postmodernism, it is considered notoriously difficult and many are the readers who did not get past the first hundred pages, much as they enjoyed them. Despite its dark backdrop in the context of World War II, it is, however, also hilariously funny, light-hearted, and absurd. On the one hand, this seminar wants to help its participants get through this tome of postmodernism and shed light on some of the intricacies that might be overlooked on a first reading. On the other hand, it also wants to introduce students to some of the cultural and historical references as well as works of art that were inspired by Pynchon's seminal novel. Students are expected to read about 70 pages each week. |
| Literatur | Mandatory: Pynchon, Thomas. "Gravity's Rainbow". 1973. Any edition (cross-references for page numbers of different editions are available). Recommended: Weisenburger, Steven C. "A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel". 2nd Edition. University of Georgia Press, 2006. Pynchon Wiki: "Gravity's Rainbow". https://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/ |
| Bemerkungen | ________________________________ Lehrveranstaltung mit Maskentragpflicht ________________________________ |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Open only to MA and PhD students. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot fakultativ |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul: Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master Studiengang: Kulturtechniken) Modul: Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul: Literaturgeschichte (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul: Research in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |