123030 VO Literature Survey 2 (2023W)
North American Literatures: Critical Perspectives
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Language: English
Examination dates
Tuesday
30.01.2024
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
05.03.2024
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
22.04.2024
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
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Thursday
27.06.2024
13:15 - 14:45
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Oct. 17: Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Heike Paul (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg): "The Lost Colony of Roanoke"
Due to an excursion, NO SESSION on Oct. 31
Jan. 30, 11:30-1:00: written exam (first sitting)
Tuesday
10.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
17.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
24.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
31.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
07.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
14.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
21.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
28.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
05.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
12.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
09.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
16.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Tuesday
23.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Final written test covering the required reading and the topics and materials discussed in the individual lectures
Multiple choice part (50%), essay part (50%)
In order to pass the exam, a minimum of 60% in each part has to be reached.
Multiple choice part (50%), essay part (50%)
In order to pass the exam, a minimum of 60% in each part has to be reached.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Assessment will be based on the score achieved in the final written test.
Multiple choice part (50%), essay part (50%)
In order to pass the exam, a minimum of 60% in each part has to be reached.
100-90%=1
89-80%=2
79-70%=3
69-60%=4
59-0%=5
Multiple choice part (50%), essay part (50%)
In order to pass the exam, a minimum of 60% in each part has to be reached.
100-90%=1
89-80%=2
79-70%=3
69-60%=4
59-0%=5
Examination topics
Students are expected to read, and critically engage with, all set texts on the reading list. The final written test will cover the required reading and the topics and materials used and discussed in the lectures.
Reading list
3 novels - please obtain:
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, /The Scarlet Letter/ (Oxford World's Classics ed.)
- Mark Twain, /The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/ (Oxford World's Classic ed.)
- Toni Morrison, /Beloved/
all shorter texts (poems, short stories, plays) will be available on Moodle
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, /The Scarlet Letter/ (Oxford World's Classics ed.)
- Mark Twain, /The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/ (Oxford World's Classic ed.)
- Toni Morrison, /Beloved/
all shorter texts (poems, short stories, plays) will be available on Moodle
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612, EC 125, EC 126; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA08.2; Literaturgeschichte / Survey 2 - EC; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3030
Code/Modul: BA08.2; Literaturgeschichte / Survey 2 - EC; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-3030
Last modified: Mo 04.03.2024 15:06
- students have acquired a general overview of Anglophone literatures in North America from a diachronic perspective
- students can differentiate between different literary genres in terms of their development
- students can reflect critically about canon formationContents: Native American oral literature; Colonial American Literatures (from Columbus to the Puritans); Writing during the Revolution; the early Republic; Antebellum American Literatures; The Civil War and Reconstruction; the late 19th century; modernism; postmodernism; Canadian literature, Caribbean literature; contemporary trends.
Includes an expert guest lectures in Early American Studies by Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Heike Paul (Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg)Methods: Lecture course (with interactive elements, esp. text discussion)