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In the Spotlight: A Survey of US-American Literary History (e-learning course)- Lecturer
- Dr. Nicole Konopka
- Details
- Proseminar
, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 6, obligatorische Lehrveranstaltung, Englischsprachig, Dies ist ein reines Online-Seminar. Anmeldung erfolgt über die VHB!
Time and place: n.V.; comments on time and place: Der Kurs findet ausschließlich virtuell statt. Er steht über die virtuelle Hochschule Bayern Studierenden aller bayerischen Universitäten bzw. Hochschulen zur Verfügung.
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- 1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
•BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Hauptfach und Nebenfach): Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
•Lehramt GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft 2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
•active participation (individual tasks and group work)
•term paper in English (following the Style Sheet ) 3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:
•via Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (vhb) and FlexNow
•An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (participation): March 15 - April 15 (vhb)
•An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (registration for exam): June 4 - July 4 / June 4 - August 31 (FlexNow)
Die Lehrveranstaltung ist als Online-Kurs konzipiert. Studierende an bayerischen Hochschulen können diesen vhb-Kurs nach der einmaligen und kostenfreien Anmeldung bei der vhb nutzen. Studierende aus Bamberg benötigen dafür ausschließlich ihre BA-Kennung.
•Informationen zur einmaligen und kostenfreien Registrierung: FAQ
•frei zugängliche Vorschau auf dem Virtuellen Campus (ab 1. März): Kursdemo
Bei Fragen kontaktieren Sie bitte die Kursleiterin per Email! / Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about this course!
- Contents
- This seminar is an internet-based survey course that offers students in the “Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft” an overview of the main developments in US-American literary history. The class will help students to understand the links between literary periods, their central ideas, and important stylistic features. The course provides participants with detailed information about the complexities that underlie and connect each literary work and period. The course’s other main goal is to familiarize students with key texts and key discourses of US-American literature, such as race, class, and gender. The texts were chosen because they either represent crucial aspects of their respective literary periods, or because they address topics and concepts that were controversial at this particular point in history.
Despite being an E-Learning course, this is a discussion-based class, so active participation is crucial. Participants are required to contribute to class discussions by posting at least two quality responses per forum. Your learning process will be enabled through your active involvement in the different assignments, which are designed to allow you as much creative freedom as possible while assisting you in your reading and understanding of the poems, short stories, novels, and plays.
- Recommended literature
- Most readings will be made available via the Learning Management System (VC/Moodle). Two texts, however, need to be acquired by each participant individually:
•Kate Chopin, The Awakening (1899)
•Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969)
- ECTS information:
- Credits: 6
- Additional information
- Department: Chair of American Studies (Prof. Dr. Paul)
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