120105 VO Survey of Literatures in English 2 (2010W)

American Literature and Culture from the Early 17th to the Late 19th Centuries

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 13.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 20.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 27.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 03.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 10.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 17.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 24.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 01.12. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 15.12. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 12.01. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday 19.01. 11:00 - 13:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The introductory survey course on American Literature and Culture from the Early 17th to the Late 19th Centuries will provide opportunities to discuss important public and literary documents produced in North America in the colonial and early federal periods as well as in the 19th century until the closing of the frontier. In addition to selections from texts which have become classics (Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer) and early poems (for instance, by Anne Bradstreet and Philip Freneau) the course will consider a tale by Edgar Allan Poe (whose birth 200 years ago was commemorated in 2009).
A Reader containing excerpts from documents mirroring the colonial experience, and the gradual development of a distinct collective identity will be available. It will incorporate tales by Washington Irving and E. A. Poe, and segments from Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as excerpts from life writings by such figures as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs.

Assessment and permitted materials

final test on the historical developments and key concepts in American cultural and literary history based on texts in the reading list

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

familiarizing students with U.S. American literature and culture from the beginnings to the late nineteenth century

Examination topics

multi-media based lecture (ppt, audio, and video presentations). The course will be accompanied by a tutorial

MI 14-tg von 17.11.2010 bis 26.01.2011 08.00-10.00
Ort: Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

17.11.2010
01.12.2010
15.12.2010
12.01.2011
26.01.2011

Reading list

A reader containing many significant excerpts will be available at Copy Studio. In addition, students are expected to acquire a paperback copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, EC 123, EC 125, EC 126;
Code/Modul: 303, 701, BA9;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0102

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