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Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference (AE_KSLVarCDif) [Import]- Lecturers
- Dr. Brigitta Mittmann, Sarah Marak, M.A.
- Details
- Kombiseminar
Online
4 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Zeit: Mon 8:15 - 9:45, 12:15 - 13:45, KH 1.012
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Bitte beachten Sie: Die ersten beiden Wochen werden alle Kurse im Modul auf jeden Fall online stattfinden. Danach wird in Absprache mit den Studierenden entschieden, ob ein Wechsel in den Präsenzunterricht geschehen kann.
Das Kombiseminar gehört zu folgendem Modul:
Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP
Scheinerwerb: mündliche Prüfung
- Contents
- The linguistic part of this course provides an introduction to varieties of English, focussing on regional and social variation in the UK and the US. Topics include methods of dialectology, speech communities and social networks, language variation and gender, bi- and multilingualism, diglossia, code-switching, language change, attitudes to language variation, and language and power.
The literary and cultural studies part provides an introduction to concepts and categories of (cultural) difference such as race, gender, sexuality and class. Constructions of difference will be analyzed in the realm of cultural production including literature, film, and popular culture.
- Recommended literature
- Study materials will be made available on StudOn.
Please acquire: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Penguin.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Wednesday, 1.9.2021, 09.00 and lasts till Saturday, 23.10.2021, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Department: Chair of English Literature and Culture (Prof. Dr. Feldmann)
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