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340071 VO Text and culture 1 English (2025W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Tu 14.10. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

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Details

max. 1000 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 21.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 28.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 04.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 11.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 18.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 02.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 09.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 16.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

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

classic pen-and-paper exam written on site

extra points: Students may earn up to 10 extra points by uploading an assignment related to the quotation walk in the first unit. (10 Points = 10% of the maximum score in the written exam, see also below.)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For the written exam, you will be given three open questions (this is not a multiple-choice exam!). You will find a sample question on Moodle. I will also offer a mock exam in late December/early January and discuss selected answers anonymously. The date of the mock exam will be announced in class.

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

When preparing for the exam, students ought to feel confident to answer interpretative questions about the contents of the lecture as well as the mandatory reading list.

Reading list

mandatory reading: - articles, speeches, chapters, short stories (all will be provided on Moodle)

Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal (short story; will be provided on Moodle)
Reni Eddo-Lodge. 2017. Histories. in: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race (will be provided on Moodle)
Sabina Mahfouz. 2017. Wearing where you're at: Immigration and UK fashion, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant. (will be provided on Moodle)
Musa Okwonga. 2016. The Ungrateful Country, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant. (will be provided on Moodle)
Sarah Sahim. 2016. Perpetuating Casteism, in: Nikesh Shukla. The Good Immigrant. (will be provided on Moodle)

to be amended...

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