340071 VO Text and culture 1 English (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft

REMOTE

Moodle

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).

Details

max. 1000 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Antonina Lakner

Classes

PLEASE NOTE: The current situation in the ongoing pandemic allows for a return to normal classroom routine.
The FIRST LESSON (on 8 March) will STILL take place DIGITALLY via Moodle. (Students who happen to be at the institute on that day may also attend the lecture in HS 2, from where I will conduct the online lesson).
From the SECOND LESSON (15 March) onwards, for as long as the situation allows, we shall return to the actual classroom (HS 2). Students who have missed a lecture will find slides and audio recordings of the lecture on Moodle.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to study the context of text and culture, to assess their interconnectedness, to establish how culture permeates discourse, and forms narration within a culture. It provides an overview on the history and culture of the English-speaking world to assess, in a second step, the phenomenon of collective identity against this background in selected literature.
The focus of this course is on "Britain, Empire and Aftermath".

Assessment and permitted materials

written exam at the end of the semester - this semester, it will again be a digital exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

90-100: very good or 1
80-89: good or 2
70-79: average or 3
60-69: low pass or 4
below 60 is a fail or 5

Examination topics

Lecture, mandatory reading

Reading list

mandatory reading:

(1)Walter Scott. Ivanhoe
(2) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah
(3) Jonathan Cope. Middle England
(4) Zadie Smith. White Teeth

It is recommended that you begin reading at the beginning of the semester, or preferably even before that. The exam in June 2022 will cover (1), whereas the subsequent resits in October 2022, November 2022 and January 2023 may cover any title on this list.

Association in the course directory

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