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123030 VO Literature Survey 2 (2014S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Details

max. 450 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 14.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 21.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 28.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 04.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 11.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 02.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 09.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 16.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 23.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 30.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 06.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 13.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 20.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture course will provide a concise survey of American literary history in its specific contexts, including political and historical developments. Students will be familiarized with some of the key texts of American literature from the Iroquois Creation Story to the contemporary novel. Because of the limited time frame, we will focus on highlights (including Puritanism, Enlightenment, the American Renaissance, Realism and Local Color, Modernism, Postmodernism, and Ethnic Fiction), so additional reading is required.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment will be on the basis of a final written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This lecture course aims to give students an overview of the most important developments within American literary history of the past 300 years and to enable them to apply the critical and analytical tools acquired in this lecture in their own analyses.

Examination topics

Lecture course; active participation and regular reading; final written exam.

Reading list

Recommended Texts:
All texts to be read during the term can be found in "The Norton Anthology of American Literature." Ed. Nina Baym et al. (8th ed. or any previous one)

Association in the course directory

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

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