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| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| 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. Please direct communication about the course to the instructor p.burleigh@unibas.ch. Students may register for only one ACE 3 class! |
| Course application | Please register for the course via services.unibas.ch by Friday 16 February. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Tuesday | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 27.02.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 05.03.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 12.03.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 19.03.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 26.03.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 02.04.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 09.04.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 16.04.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 23.04.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 30.04.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 07.05.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 14.05.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 21.05.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| Tuesday 28.05.2024 | 08.15-10.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106 |
| 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 |