420003 SE Cultural Circulation Between Canada and the United States especially Its South (2010S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Sa 20.02.2010 10:00 to Fr 19.03.2010 16:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2010 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 08.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 15.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 22.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 12.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 19.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 26.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 03.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 10.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 17.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 31.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 07.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 14.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 21.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Monday 28.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Participants will be asked to prepare an oral presentation on the topic chosen, to be followed by a short paper. They will also be requested to produce two abstracts of seminar sessions leading up to the international colloquium.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
To alert advanced students to the significance of the transcultural exchange between the American South and Canada and to appreciate major fictional texts from the two large regions of North America.
The participants in the seminar will be alerted to the lectures and debates of international experts who will come to Vienna in late September 2010 for an international colloquium on the subject of Cultural Circulation between Canada and the American South (Sept. 24- 26).
The participants in the seminar will be alerted to the lectures and debates of international experts who will come to Vienna in late September 2010 for an international colloquium on the subject of Cultural Circulation between Canada and the American South (Sept. 24- 26).
Examination topics
Seminar participants will present their research papers, or drafts of relevant diploma papers or doctoral theses. An intense debate of a number of relevant texts will be encouraged.
Reading list
Participants in the seminar will need to acquire a Reader (in two parts) containing a number of texts illustrating this cultural exchange, and paperback copies of two novels (William Faulkner "Absalom, Absalom!" and Jack Hodgins "The Invention of the World").
Association in the course directory
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There will also be an attempt to examine literary texts of authors who crossed the border between the two countries and came to reside in the other region as did, for instance, Elizabeth Spencer and Clark Blaise. Additionally, the reciprocal exchange of other modes and art forms will be studied. Keeping in mind that the culture of the Cajuns in Louisiana is an offshoot of the ethnic heritage of the Acadiens we will also reflect on the interconnections between the Maritimes and the Deep South.
During the seminar, participants will also benefit from the expertise of a leading scholar in Southern literature and culture, Robert Brinkmeyer, Director of Research at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, who is expected to participate in the seminar in June.