123250 AR Literature Course - 1/2 (MA) American/North American & Cultural Studies (2024S)
American Prison Narratives
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Mo 12.02.2024 00:00 to Mo 19.02.2024 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
13.03.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Wednesday
20.03.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Wednesday
10.04.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Wednesday
17.04.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Wednesday
24.04.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
08.05.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
15.05.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
N
Wednesday
22.05.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
29.05.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
05.06.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
12.06.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
19.06.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Wednesday
26.06.
12:15 - 13:45
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course examines what sociologist Mike Davis has famously called the "prison industrial complex" in the U.S. that has emerged since the 1980s, as correctional facilities have been increasingly privatized into for-profit corporations. In this class, we will ask how cultural texts ranging from fiction to non-fiction and theory, TV, film, music, and art, have critically responded to this development since the 1990s. We will look at Native American, African American, and women's specific articulations of the prison experience in various media, from life writing and criticism to film, TV, and music, and the course will train you to use appropriate methodologies to analyze these texts.Methods: single work, pair and group work, panel discussions, lecture elements, feedback
Assessment and permitted materials
- active class participation (max. missing 2 classes): 33.33%
- research-based in-class presentation in small teams: 33.33%
- writing assignments: 33.33% (response paper and final academic essay, ca. 1,500 words each): 33.33%
- research-based in-class presentation in small teams: 33.33%
- writing assignments: 33.33% (response paper and final academic essay, ca. 1,500 words each): 33.33%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In all of the above areas (class participation, presentation, writing assignments) you have to reach at least 60% to pass this class.
Examination topics
- research-based presentation incl. slides, handout
- on-time hand-in of written assignments via Moodle
. in-time preparation (reading/watching, notes, questions for discussion) of materials to be discussed in each session
- on-time hand-in of written assignments via Moodle
. in-time preparation (reading/watching, notes, questions for discussion) of materials to be discussed in each session
Reading list
Martin Luther King, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Michel Foucault, excerpts from "Discipline and Punish"
13th (film by Ava du Vernay)
plus selection of students' choice of texts tbd in the first session
All texts will be available on Moodle!
Michel Foucault, excerpts from "Discipline and Punish"
13th (film by Ava du Vernay)
plus selection of students' choice of texts tbd in the first session
All texts will be available on Moodle!
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA 844(2); MA UF 046/507
Code/Modul: MA 3.1, 3.2; M04A
Lehrinhalt: 12-0267
Code/Modul: MA 3.1, 3.2; M04A
Lehrinhalt: 12-0267
Last modified: We 17.04.2024 12:25