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123224 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2013W)
Classic American Novels
Continuous assessment of course work
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Attention: Theses for BA degrees need to comprise approx. 35 pages.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend lectures at an international conference to which distinguished North American scholars and authors will contribute on the first weekend in October (Narratives of Encounters in the North Atlantic Triangle, 4th – 6th October at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Unterrichtsraum at the department).A list of topics will be prepared and volunteers for the first sessions (papers on Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady) are invited to see me in my office hours in August or September.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend lectures at an international conference to which distinguished North American scholars and authors will contribute on the first weekend in October (Narratives of Encounters in the North Atlantic Triangle, 4th – 6th October at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Unterrichtsraum at the department).A list of topics will be prepared and volunteers for the first sessions (papers on Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady) are invited to see me in my office hours in August or September.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 16.09.2013 00:00 to Su 22.09.2013 23:59
- Registration is open from We 25.09.2013 20:30 to We 02.10.2013 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 09.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 16.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 23.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 30.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 06.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 13.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 20.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 27.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 04.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 11.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 18.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 08.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 15.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 22.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Wednesday 29.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The aim of this seminar is to acquaint students with novels by prominent American writers composed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Apart from William Faulkner, whose achievement as the most significant writer from the American South was recognized by the Nobel Prize in literature, the authors chosen were either early expatriates or as Midwesterners responded intensely to their experiences in Europe during the Jazz Age. Their novels quickly put American fiction on the map and alerted European readers to the literary potential and achievements of North American writers.
Assessment and permitted materials
Seminar paper (20-22 pages), oral presentation, regular attendance and active class participation, two written reports on sessions of up to two pages, final written test.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Familiarizing the participants with classic novels by American writers of different cultural backgrounds composed between the 1870s and the 1930s.
Examination topics
Student presentations of research papers on the topics chosen, general discussion of the texts and their location in literary tradition.
Reading list
Recommended editions :
Henry James "A Portrait of a Lady" (Penguin Classics 978014144269)Ernest Hemingway "The Sun Also Rises" (Arrow 978-0-09-990850-0)F.S. Fitzgerald "Tender is the Night" (Penguin Modern Classics 9780141183596)William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying" (Vintage Classics 978-0-09-947931-4)Facultas Bookshop on Campus will soon have these editions in stock.
Henry James "A Portrait of a Lady" (Penguin Classics 978014144269)Ernest Hemingway "The Sun Also Rises" (Arrow 978-0-09-990850-0)F.S. Fitzgerald "Tender is the Night" (Penguin Modern Classics 9780141183596)William Faulkner "As I Lay Dying" (Vintage Classics 978-0-09-947931-4)Facultas Bookshop on Campus will soon have these editions in stock.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0264
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0264
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