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123030 VO Literature Survey 2 (2018W)

North American Literatures from the 15th Century to Today

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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Details

Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

first sitting out of four (final exam)=last regular session

  • Dienstag 09.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 16.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 23.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 30.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 06.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 13.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 20.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 27.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 04.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 11.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 08.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 15.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Dienstag 22.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Through readings in novels, drama, poetry, and non-literary prose from the early modern period through the 21st century, this course will examine shifts in the forms, functions, and meanings of North American literature in the context of cultural and historical change. It includes one specialist guest lecture.
By the end of the term,
- students have acquired a general overview of Anglophone literatures in North America from a diachronic perspective
- students can differentiate between different literary genres in terms of their development
- students can reflect critically about canon formation

Contents: Native American oral literature; Colonial American Literatures (from Columbus to the Puritans); Writing during the Revolution; the early Republic; Antebellum American Literatures; The Civil War and Reconstruction; the late 19th century; modernism; postmodernism; Canadian literature, Caribbean literature; contemporary trends.
Methods: Lecture course (with interactive elements)

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

written exam (multiple choice and essay question)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

1: 100 - 89,99%
2: 89,98 – 79,99%
3: 79,98 – 69,99%
4: 69,98 - 59,99%
5: 59,98% and below

Prüfungsstoff

course reader plus novels:
1) Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2) Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior

Literatur

see above; all available at Facultas (student discount until October)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, EC 125, EC 126; BEd 046
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-303, BA08.2; Literaturgeschichte / Survey 2 - EC; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3030

Letzte Änderung: Mi 09.09.2020 00:22