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38011-01 - Proseminar: Elizabeth Bishop (3 CP)

Semester fall semester 2025
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Andrew Shields (andrew.shields@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content This third-semester proseminar course focuses on the complete poems of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) as well as selected scholarship on Bishop's poetry.
Learning objectives In-depth study of the works under consideration
Bibliography The following book by Elizabeth Bishop is required for the course: Elizabeth Bishop, "Poems", Chatto & Windus: 2011, ISBN: 978-0701186289
Students should purchase a copy of the book before the first session of the course. Copies will be available at the 'Labyrinth' bookstore, Nadelberg 17, Basel. If possible, please read the book before the semester starts.

A course pack of secondary literature will be provided.

The following book by Elizabeth Bishop is recommended as background but not required for the course: Elizabeth Bishop, "Prose", Chatto & Windus: 2011, ISBN: 978-0701186272
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Admission requirements It is strongly recommended that this course is taken only after the successful completion of the "Introduction I + II: Literary Studies" proseminars.
Course application Please sign up via services.unibas.ch. The number of participants in each section is strictly limited to 20.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media Online, mandatory

 

Interval Weekday Time Room
wöchentlich Thursday 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal

Dates

Date Time Room
Thursday 18.09.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 25.09.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 02.10.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 09.10.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 16.10.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 23.10.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 30.10.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 06.11.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 13.11.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 20.11.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 27.11.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 04.12.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 11.12.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Thursday 18.12.2025 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal
Modules Modul: Introduction to Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details Regular attendance and active participation.
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

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