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KS Linguistic Varieties and Cultural Difference (AE_KSLVCD)- Lecturers
- PD Dr. Karin Höpker, Dr. Brigitta Mittmann
- Details
- Kombiseminar
4 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Mon 8:15 - 9:45, C 301; Wed 8:15 - 9:45, C 303
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Modulzugehörigkeit
Das Kombiseminar kann in den Studienrichtungen British Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, General Studies oder Linguistics belegt werden.
- Contents
- Please note that, due to the current situation, this class will initially be conducted via StudOn/ e-learning modules
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: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(Penguin)
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 16.3.2020, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 18.4.2020, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Department: Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Kley)
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