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62338-01 - Seminar: Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (3 CP)

Semester fall semester 2021
Course frequency Once only
Lecturers Ina Habermann (ina.habermann@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content "I want to see you in the lamplight, in your emeralds." (Virginia to Vita, Oct 1927) The story of the relationship between Virginia Woolf, the experimental modernist writer and Vita Sackville-West, the aristocratic middlebrow author, is one of the best-known and 'romantic' in English literature. The experience touched both women very deeply and had a crucial impact on their writing throughout the 1920s. We will trace this relationship and study the work it inspired, touching on issues such as class, gender and sexuality, art, literary modernism and the multiple connections between biography and fiction. Our reading of key novels will be supplemented by letters, diary entries, poetry and essays as well as relevant secondary literature.
Learning objectives Students will become acquainted with a key chapter in English literary history and reflect on the complex relationship between life and writing. They will also improve their knowledge about genre and their close-reading skills.
Bibliography Texts (to be purchased; discussed in this order):

- Virginia Woolf, "Orlando: A Biography" (Penguin Modern Classics, 1928)
- Vita Sackville-West, "The Edwardians" (Vintage Classics, 1930)
- Virginia Woolf, "To the Lighthouse" (Penguin Modern Classics, 1927)
- Vita Sackville-West, "All Passion Spent" (Vintage Classics, 1931)

Please purchase print copies of proper critical editions of the novels. Further material will be available on the ADAM server.
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Admission requirements This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers).
Course application Please register on MOnA.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media Online, mandatory

 

Interval Weekday Time Room
wöchentlich Tuesday 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal

Dates

Date Time Room
Tuesday 21.09.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 28.09.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 05.10.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 12.10.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 19.10.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 26.10.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 02.11.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 09.11.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 16.11.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 23.11.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 30.11.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 07.12.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 14.12.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Tuesday 21.12.2021 14.15-16.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Modules Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details Regular attendance, active participation, presentation
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale Pass / Fail
Repeated registration no repetition
Responsible faculty Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch
Offered by Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

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