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120123 SE Literary Seminar: Teachers and Teaching Methods in Selected Eng Narrative Lit (198os to 2007) (2008S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Anrechenbar für den alten Studienplan gem. ÄquivalenzVO und für Literaturschwerpunktmodul (UniStG Diplomstudium) gem. Bestimmungen des Studienplans. ECTS UF Englisch: 3.00

Important notice: It is most important for each participant to attend the first meeting on MO 3 March, 2-4 p.m., since guidelines for writing the seminar paper will be provided and the topics of the presentations scheduled for the time after Easter will be allocated.

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 03.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 10.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 17.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 31.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 07.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 14.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 21.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 28.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 05.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 19.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 26.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 02.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 09.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 16.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 23.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Monday 30.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will explore Frank McCourt's Teacher Man (2005) and ten short stories by contemporary authors (including H. Simpson, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, W. Trevor, T. C. Boyle) featuring different kinds of teachers from different cultural and social backgrounds. In these texts teachers of diverse educational institutions are shown either within the classroom or in their private spheres. Several of the texts highlight the teaching methods employed and the teacher's didactic skills (or lack of them). The narratives dealing with the teacher's private life address such issues as the detrimental impact of the teaching job on the teacher's love-relationships and/or married life, as in Mary Scott's Language (1991), in which a teacher's obsession with "English grammar" results in the destruction of her marriage. Frank McCourt's memoir is based on thirty years of his experience as a teacher in various New York high schools, before he became the acclaimed author of Angela's Ashes (1997). McCourt's autobiography is a comprehensive and illuminating resource for the study of various class-room situations in a multicultural environment as well as for exploring (and critically assessing) his methods of teaching English literature and his pedagogic skills.
Assessment:
Seminar paper in English written by each participant individually (no group work!) 10.000 words+; PPT presentation (individually or as a member of a team) max. 30 minutes, supported by handout; regular attendance (imperative); active participation in the discussions in class, final essay. - Deadline for submitting the SE-paper: one week after the presentation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Advancing students' skills in writing research papers and in literary analysis; developing students' pedagogic competence and methodological knowledge in teaching literature; alerting students to potential hazards and joys of the teaching profession; advancing students' cross-cultural understanding.

Examination topics

Interactive multi-media-aided teaching; students' presentations and discussion

Reading list

Association in the course directory

322, 821, 328, 338, 722, K 521, K 522, K531, K532

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