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124643 VO BEd 04.3: History of Literatures in English (2021S)
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Details
Language: English
Examination dates
- Wednesday 30.06.2021 20:00 - 21:00 Digital
- Wednesday 13.10.2021 20:00 - 21:00 Digital
- Wednesday 15.12.2021 20:00 - 21:00 Digital
- Wednesday 02.02.2022 20:00 - 21:00 Digital
Lecturers
Classes
Vorläufig digital geplant
Mittwoch 11:30-13 Uhr
Beginn: 10.03.2021
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Providing readings in narrative fiction, drama, poetry, and non-fictional prose, this course offers an introduction to the development of English and American literature. Lectures will examine literary history as a series of complex aesthetic responses to cultural and political change.
Assessment and permitted materials
exam (online multiple choice test; 40 questions/60 minutes; for 50+ sample exam questions please see moodle!)1st sitting: 27/01/21
2nd sitting: 13/10/21, 20.00-21.00
3rd sitting: 15/12/21, 20.00-21.00
4th sitting: 02/02/22; 20.00-21.00
2nd sitting: 13/10/21, 20.00-21.00
3rd sitting: 15/12/21, 20.00-21.00
4th sitting: 02/02/22; 20.00-21.00
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1: 100 - 98,99%
2: 89,98 – 79,99%
3: 79,98 – 69,99%
4: 69,98 - 59,99%
5: 59,98% and below
2: 89,98 – 79,99%
3: 79,98 – 69,99%
4: 69,98 - 59,99%
5: 59,98% and below
Examination topics
The course's presentations (incl. ppt slides & additional preparatory material) will form the basis of your studying for the exam.
For more details please see the course’s moodle platform.Recommended background reading:
Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context. Cambridge: CUP, 2017.
Peter Conn, The Cambridge Illustrated History of American Literature. CUP 1989.
For more details please see the course’s moodle platform.Recommended background reading:
Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context. Cambridge: CUP, 2017.
Peter Conn, The Cambridge Illustrated History of American Literature. CUP 1989.
Reading list
Details will be announced in session 1. Excerpts and longer texts are collected in a course reader.
Longer texts include:
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
- *Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe.
- *Samuel Richardson: Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded.
- Mary Shelley-Wollstonecraft: Frankenstein.
- *George Eliot: Adam Bede.
- *Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. A Romance.
- Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
*Mandatory chapters are announced in session 1.
Longer texts include:
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
- *Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe.
- *Samuel Richardson: Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded.
- Mary Shelley-Wollstonecraft: Frankenstein.
- *George Eliot: Adam Bede.
- *Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. A Romance.
- Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
*Mandatory chapters are announced in session 1.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 04.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4643
Code/Modul: BEd 04.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4643
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16