Narrative Theories in Action is an Intensive Programme in Narratology (IPIN). During two weeks in August it takes the teaching of narratives and narrative theory to the highest possible level by bringing together participants in the leading centres of narrative study in Europe and abroad.
Among the more than seven renowned teachers in 2011 is Professor James Phelan, editor of Narrative and the leader of Project Narrative at Ohio State University, USA. The programme targets students, mainly masters and advanced bachelors, who are working with narratives in for instance written or oral texts (fiction or non-fiction), film, computer games, new media or organizations and marketing. Course offered by Scandinavian Department, AU.
Period
08-08-2011 - 19-08-2011 (2 weeks)
Target group
To be admitted you must be enrolled at a university. If you are applying for admission to the summer school at masters level, you must hold a bachelors degree or a minimum of 180 ECTS in your study programme. Students applying for admission at bachelors level must have completed at least one year of study in a relevant subject.Students are expected to have a high level of English proficiency, to be able to read the relevant literature and follow the teaching. Documentation may be required verifying the students proficiency in English at a specified level.
Course aim
The aim of IPIN 2011 is to present the students with the most powerful tools and theories offered by the very rich and productive field of contemporary/postclassical narratology. The modules of the course will introduce, apply and discuss the methodologies developed by approaches such as Rhetorical Narratology, Cognitive Narratology, Unnatural Narratology, Classical Narratology, Strategically Applied Narratology/Storytelling, Transmedial Narratology and Feminist Narratology (the final list may change slightly). Each module will put a current narrative theory to the test by engaging with a very diverse set of narratives ranging from oral texts to writing texts (both fiction and nonfiction) to movies, computer games and new media and to narratives used strategically or deliberatively in marketing, branding and political discourse.By bringing together students working with film, with literature, with digital media and with other types of narratives, and by using researchers with different views on the question of what constitutes a narrative, the students following this intensive programme will themselves be made aware of the implication of their position in current debates in narratives studies as well as become able to navigate in the theoretical landscape that is narratology now.
Credits
10.0 ECTS credits10 ECTS at master's level and 15 ECTS at bachelor's level
Course fee
EUR 0See website for information regarding fees
Course leader
James Phelan (US), Maria Mkel (FI), Marina Grishakova (EE), Jakob Lothe (NO), Henrik Skov Nielsen (DK), Kjetil Sandvik (DK) and other international scholars
Aarhus University International Centre
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Narrative Theories in Action
