851-0315-01L  Writing: Precision of Language as a Field of Research for Literature

SemesterSpring Semester 2017
LecturersF. Kretzen
Periodicityevery semester recurring course
Language of instructionGerman



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
851-0315-01 GSchreibarbeit: Präzision der Sprache als Forschungsfeld der Literatur
Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Eine 2-3seitige Textprobe ist bis 15.02.2017 einzusenden an: FRIEDERIKE@KRETZEN.INFO
Tagesseminar am 24.6.2017
1 hrs
20.04.17:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
27.04.17:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
04.05.17:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
11.05.17:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
18.05.17:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
24.06.10:15-19:00IFW E 42 »
F. Kretzen

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AbstractWhen we write a literary text we enter into a set-up for experiments and explore the possibilities ensuing from the specific structure and consistency of such a text. Literary writing allows us to go over to another kind of knowledge. Thus, the question: what is it that I want to write about? is replaced by: what do I write?
ObjectiveIn this course we shall analyze and apply conditions and criteria for literary writing on the basis of our own texts.
The course is intended for persons who are interested in literary approaches to exactitude.
Any attempt to write literature is confronted with an unforeseeable linguistic dynamism whose feasibility is determined by laws and rules quite different from those of science and technology. For the science-oriented writer, experiencing the self-evidence produced by literary approaches in his or her own writing project opens up a field of language with new content and new methods.
ContentIn the natural sciences as well as in engineering we set up experiments, analyze equation systems, and formulate theories. In order to complement these practices, the course «Writing» shall pursue precision in literary writing, its choice of word and its self-evidence.

When we write a literary text we also enter into a set-up for experiments and explore the possibilities ensuing from the specific structure and overall consistency of such a text. This form of writing takes us from the question: what is it that I want to write about? to the question: what do I write?
How do such literary approaches differ from the ways in which the natural sciences use language?
In this course we shall analyze and apply conditions and criteria for literary writing on the basis of our own texts.
The course is intended for persons who are interested in literary approaches to exactitude.
Any attempt to write literature is confronted with an unforeseeable linguistic dynamism whose feasibility is determined by laws and rules quite different from those of science and technology. For the science-oriented writer, experiencing the self-evidence produced by literary approaches in his or her own writing project opens up a field of language with new content and new methods.
Prerequisites / NoticeThose wishing to participate are required to send in between two and three pages text of their own writing that will be discussed in class. It may be an existing text , such as an essay yet from school or a post for a student magazine. The next step will be writing a text on a preset topic as a basis for discussing the various realizations of a given task.

Performance assessment

Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits1 credit
ExaminersF. Kretzen
Typegraded semester performance
Language of examinationGerman
RepetitionRepetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit.

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GeneralPermission from lecturers required for all students

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GESS Science in PerspectiveLiteratureWInformation