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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler, +43 512 507 4177

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Narrative Analysis of Literary Fiction and Fiction Film

PS 2

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Englisch

To become familiar with basic concepts of narrative theory and of literary and film analysis; to develop interpretive and media skills(including the use of historical sources and first editions)

(Contrastive and comparative) analysis of narrative texts and films

Active participation, oral presentation; research paper (10-15 pages)

Recommended introductory reading: Julika Griem & Eckart Voigts-Virchow. “Filmnarratologie: Grundlagen, Tendenzen und Beispielanalysen.” In: Vera Nünning & Ansgar Nünning, _Erzähltheorie transgenerisch, intermedial, interdisziplinär_. Trier: WVT, 2002. 155-184. Chatman, Seymour. “What Novels Can Do That Films Can’t (and Vice Versa).” In: Mast, Gerald, Marshall Cohen, and Leo Braudy. _Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings_. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 403-419.

Students must have passed the "Introduction to American Literature and Culture" to attend this course
Beginn: 11.10.2005