Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Anglisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BBI-ANG-227E.D4
- Cím
- Reading Oscar Wilde in Context
- Tervezett félév
- Mindkét
- Meghirdetve
- 2023/24/2, 2024/25/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the works and literary context of the late-Victorian “cultural lightning rod” and self-proclaimed “genius”, Oscar Wilde. The course will not be concerned deeply with the biography of the author and psychoanalytical reading of the texts; instead, students are expected to engage with the texts by close reading in the first place. The interpretation enfolding during the sessions will be compared to the cultural context of the era. The analysis takes textual evidence into consideration that might have triggered contemporary reader-response and reviews; more importantly, contemporary canonised literary and non-canonical ‘apocryphal’ texts will be examined to better understand Wilde’s literary culture, his legacy, and “making of a legend”.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- The seminar includes various genres: selected poems by Oscar Wilde, Robert Browning and William Wordsworth; considerable attention will be paid to Wilde’s “only novel”, The Picture of Dorian Gray and excerpts from non-canonised fiction related to Wilde appropriate for discussion; two plays (Salome, The Importance of Being Earnest); Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations to Salome; “The True Story of a Vampire”, a short story by Eric Stenbock. Therefore, students will read, stage, and examine fiction, plays, and illustrations.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Students are required to actively contribute to the discussion during sessions. Occasional pop-quizzes checking students’ close familiarity with the texts can be expected. On the last occasion, students write a quick few-item in-class test, which gives one component of their preliminary exam mark. The last component of the preliminary exam mark is a 6-8 page home-essay presenting the results of the student’s individual mini research on a topic of their choice (but related to Wilde and his context). In case the student declines the preliminary exam mark, they need to take an exam viva voce.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Browning, Robert. “House” (1876) Gillet, George. “To Kalon” (1891) Raffalovich, Marc-André. Up to 3 selected poems. Stenbock, Eric. “The True Story of a Vampire” (1894) Wilde, Oscar. Salome (1891) Wilde, Oscar. Up to 2 selected poems. Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) Wilde, Oscar. Teleny (1894, excerpts) Wordsworth, William. “Scorn not the Sonnet” (1827)