Überblicksmodul (Master Modul 6)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Survey Module)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Überblicksmodul)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• Modul 6 Überblicksvorlesung & Independent Study

Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:

Successful completion of basic modules 1 and 2

Inhalt:

The lecture provides a survey of cultural and literary history and covers North American culture and literature from its beginnings to the present, i.e. from Puritanism to Postmodernity. The topics of the lecture alternate; either one may be attended: One spans the period from the early 17th century (first settlements, Puritanism) to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War and discusses early North American writing, as well as Romanticism and early Realism; the other covers the most important developments in the cultural history of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st century (including both World Wars, Cold War, protest movements etc.), as well as the literary periods of Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Along with U.S. American literary and cultural history, the lecture covers developments in Canada and the Anglophone Caribbean. The Independent Study accompanies the lecture and adds a supplementary course of reading.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students acquire comprehensive and systematic knowledge in cultural and literary history and familiarize themselves with important developments in culture, literature, and criticism by expanding their canon; the module enables them to categorize and contextualize literary texts and cultural phenomena and to actively interconnect their knowledge acquired so far.

Literatur:

A reading list will be provided.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. North American Studies: Culture and Literature (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2016w | PhilFak | North American Studies: Culture and Literature (Master of Arts) | Masterprüfung | Überblicksmodul)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Mündl. Prüfung auf Basis von response papers zu Überblicksmodul (Prüfungsnummer: 38511)

(englischer Titel: Oral Examination on Overview Module)

Prüfungsleistung, mündliche Prüfung, Dauer (in Minuten): 20, benotet, 10 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: WS 2017/2018

1. Prüfer:

Ulf Schulenberg