123227 SE Literature Seminar / BA-Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2016W)

Recent Trends in Canadian Literature

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

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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 Th 15.09.2016 00:00 to Th 22.09.2016 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2016 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Alexandra Ganser-Blumenau

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

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Monday 10.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 17.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 24.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 31.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 07.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 14.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 21.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 28.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 05.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 12.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 09.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 16.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 23.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 30.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will introduce students to recent trends in Anglophone Canadian literature. It will deal with different genres and examine how fiction and poetry published over the last decade have taken up, challenged, and/or discarded older models of Canadian literature and culture such as the "mosaic" concept of Canadian multicultural society, bi/multilinguality, or the notion of Survival (Margaret Atwood) as a core of Canadian writing. Authors we will deal with include Madeleine Thien, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Dionne Brand, and First Nation poetry and short prose. We will also watch and discuss the feature film Julieta (2016, dir. Pedro Almodovar), which is based on three stories by Nobel laureate Alice Munro.

The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how Canadian literatures have developed since the second half of the 20th century and to give them an idea of contemporary trends.
Methods: lecture parts, discussions, pair work, group work, presentations

Assessment and permitted materials

short presentation
active participation, incl. minor written assignments 25%
SE paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

regular attendance, handing in ALL assignments ON TIME
short presentation 25%
active participation, incl. minor written assignments 25%
SE paper 50%

Examination topics

Reading list

Madeleine Thien, Dogs at the Perimeter
Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last
Dionne Brand, What We All Long For
Alice Munro, selected shorts stories (offered by lecturer)
& tba

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA 10.2, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0264

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