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  Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference [Import]

Lecturers
Dr. Karin Höpker, Dr. Jörg Witt

Details
Kombiseminar
4 cred.h, ECTS studies
Bachelor, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 16:15 - 17:45, 18:00 - 19:30, C 303

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Das Kombiseminar Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference kann wie folgt verwendet werden:
  • BA English and American Studies (neu): "Zwischenmodul I: Thematisches Kombiseminar" (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP)

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 and read in advance: Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin)

Additional information
Expected participants: 15, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen

Department: Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Kley)
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