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Erste Vorlesung: 17. April 2012
2012 marks the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. In the context of the “Dickens 200” semester at the English department, an introduction to Dickens’s works for German students seems particularly apposite. The German reception of Dickens has largely focused on a limited range of aspects, and it is important to see beyond these limitations. We will appreciate the fascination and the beauty of Dickens’s writing, the amazing things he could do with the English language. At the same time, we will see that Dickens’s works offer a cultural history of Britain in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
Texts:
The following works of Charles Dickens will be discussed: Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol / The Chimes, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
There are many editions of these texts available; among the best series are the Penguin Classics, the Oxford World’s Classics and the Norton editions. The Wordsworth editions are not as good as the other three, but they are a bit cheaper (usually 6 to 7 Euros) and in this way more student-friendly. Please avoid the Penguin Popular Classics editions – they cannot even be quoted in papers. (At the same time, it is of course true that the question of the right edition is less important than the fact that you actually do read the books.)
Diese Vorlesung ist innerhalb der neuen Studiengänge für folgende Module verwendbar:
Neue Lehrämter: Literatur und Kultur Vertiefung
Literatur und Kultur Hauptfach – BA
Literatur und Kultur Nebenfach – BA
Britische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft – MA
Britische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft Hauptfach – MA |
