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| Semester | spring semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Peter Robert Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Failure is not necessarily the same as lack of success. This seminar will consider the ways in which failure can be a productive force in culture. We will consider failure from a broad perspective: practical failures, such as, Henry Talbot's poor sketching skills as catalytic to his invention of photography; personal failings, questioning identity though self-deprecating poetry; structural failures of Capitalism in the Anthropocene; the failures in the digital/viral world that are generative rather than lacking. |
| Learning objectives | Students will learn about a variety of failings that strike a cultural discord and hence can be considered generative. They will be able to work with peers in developing an analytical approach to the material, as well as voicing and advancing a critical voice. The detailing and inquiry into cultural material will suggest how we engage with a contemporary way of life beyond "fail". |
| Bibliography | Readings will be distributed via ADAM before the course starts. Participants will be notified of a "watching" list before the start of term. |
| Comments | The seminar is now full. If you write to alex.van-lierde@unibas.ch, you will be placed on a waiting list. There is no guarantee of a place on the course; you are advised to choose another seminar from those on offer. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level: for BA05 students those who have completed their proseminar paper in Literary & Cultural Studies; for BA13 students those who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Course application | The seminar is now full. If you write to alex.van-lierde@unibas.ch, you will be placed on a waiting list. There is no guarantee of a place on the course; you are advised to choose another seminar from those on offer. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | t.b.a. |
| 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 |