The central keywords of the seminar Hamburger's Logic of Literature and 20th-Century Narrative Theory are captured in its title. It focuses on a monograph that was both a milestone in modern twentieth-century narrative theory and Käte Hamburger's major narratological text: Die Logik der Dichtung (German original 1957; translation by Marilynn J. Rose as The Logic of Literature). We will read excerpts from The Logic with a view towards three contextualizing aspects: (1) its embeddedness in other approaches to the topic of what narrative and (formal) logic have to do with one another; (2) its centrality within Käte Hamburger's oeuvre; (3) its potential timelessness, i.e. its usefulness for analyzing language and narrative structure in narrative fiction, old and new. As for the third point, short stories will be provided via the Moodle platform (open for inscriptions as of now), while one major novel needs to be purchased before the first session:

Mora, Terézia. Day In Day Out. Trans. Michael Henry Heim. New York: Harper, 2007. Print.

Regarding Mora, please note that the publisher's site may tell you the book is out of print; however, used and new versions are still available for purchase via Amazin Marketplace and similar sites. Please order the book and start reading at your earliest convenience; we will start discussing it as of the fourth session.