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60738-01 - Course: Transgressive texts (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Peter Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course is intended as a reading and discussion cycle based on the political stakes of transgressive and critical writing, and hopes to provide some answers to questions such as: can we find an antidote to an increasing rhetoric of anti-intellectualism in society today? Where is there space for grounding progressive, thought-provoking, radical ideas and ways of life? What kinds of ways to engage will come next? The course will be structured around a series of texts which will be given structured and in-depth reading with a view to establishing ways to respond in discussion and writing to such input. The texts we visit will give a historical background, as well as a space for contemporary thought, and point to potential future worlds. |
| Learning objectives | Students will be exposed to a wide range of critical texts, from which they will glean key ideas, principles and movements from a brief history of critical writing. Students will practice responding to these canonical texts in speech and writing. In particular, their own positioning through writing critical essays will be rehearsed with a cycle of: Short response -- Framed response -- Analytical response -- Longer writing |
| Bibliography | Essays by the following writers will be included and made available: Mary Wollstonecraft, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Audre Lorde, Hélène Cixous, Maria Lugones, Donna Haraway, Linda Stupart, Andreas Malm, Kathleen Stewart, Lauren Berlant. |
| Comments | Students should be prepared to read around 20 pages per week in the materials of the course, and to do some form of writing in response to the input - sometimes shorter (150 words), sometimes longer (500+ words), on a weekly basis. |
| Course application | Please register for the course via services.unibas.ch by Monday 3rd February. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Friday | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 21.02.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 107 |
| Friday 28.02.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 07.03.2025 | 12.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 107 |
| Friday 14.03.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Fasnachstferien |
| Friday 21.03.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 28.03.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 04.04.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 11.04.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 18.04.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ostern |
| Friday 25.04.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 02.05.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 09.05.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 16.05.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 23.05.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Friday 30.05.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Auffahrt |
| Modules |
Modul: Introduction to Academic Communication in English (Bachelor's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |