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123030 VO Literature Survey 2 (2023S)

North American Literary History: A Survey

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Because of a Summer School in the US in which I am participating as faculty, the lecture on Tue, June 6 will be held in a recorded online format.
The course features two guest lectures; the first on March 28 will also take place online.
The final session on June 27 will be the first sitting (exam).

  • Tuesday 07.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 14.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 21.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 28.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 18.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 25.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 02.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 09.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 16.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 23.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 06.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 13.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 20.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

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Aims, contents and method of the course

SURVEY 2: NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURES: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
- 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 formation

Contents: 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 two expert guest lectures on women's literatures: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ralph Poole (Univ. of Salzburg); PD Dr. Stefanie Schäfer (Univ. Marburg)
Methods: Lecture course (with interactive elements, esp. text discussion)

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.

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

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 discussed in the lectures.

Reading list

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.)
- Maxine Hong Kingston, /The Woman Warrior/
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

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