Allgemeine Informationen
| Veranstaltungsname | Seminar: Novels of the American South |
| Untertitel | [Aufbaumodul] Amerikanische Literatur - Aufbaumodul: Amerikanische Literatur - Aufbaumodul Amerikanistik Literatur I - Aufbaumodul: Amerikanistik Literatur I |
| Semester | WS 2018/19 |
| Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden | 16 |
| Heimat-Einrichtung | Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen |
| Erster Termin | Montag, 15.10.2018 18:15 - 19:45 |
| Voraussetzungen | Students who have successfully passed their "Introduction to Literary Studies" (Basismodul Einführung in die englische und amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft) are welcome to this course on novels originating in the American South, a region that stretches all the way from Maryland to Texas. |
| Lernorganisation |
In order for students to pick up skills necessary in academia, we will spend some time on how to do research and presentations as well as on how to write papers. The university library (HaLit, MLA-IB, OPAC) will be a topic as will be the Internet as a research tool (JStor, Google Scholar etc.). In addition, there will be an introduction to CITAVI and how to use that bibliographical tool. The MLA style sheet (7th ed., 2009) is our model for all written work. (Please, do NOT use MLA 8th ed., 2016.) How to write essays the way American colleges expect them to be written will also be discussed. All students taking this class must have a copy of each novel in paper format and bring the relevant book to class. Not having it with you when we are dealing with it is unacceptable. |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Requirements Students will need to pass four quizzes if they want credit for this seminar (tests checking on whether students have read the novels). They are expected not to miss more than three sessions and will have to participate actively in discussions. In addition, students must present in class (15-20 mins. plus 5-10 mins. discussion) on a topic to be arranged with the lecturer. Each student must present a handout (Thesenpapier) that is sent to the lecturer a week before the presentation is due. A paper copy of the reviewed handout must be available to all students on the day of his/her presentation. Reading assignments (secondary literature) will be given on a weekly basis. Studying in groups is encouraged. At the end of the semester BA students will have to write an essay/Hausarbeit (ca. 12-14 pages) whereas students planning to be teachers will have to take an oral exam of 30 mins. (probably in February 2019). The BA essays are due on 1 April 2019. |
| Studiengänge (für) |
ANG.03202.02 [Aufbaumodul] Amerikanische Literatur LA Gym, LA Sek ANG.05280.03 Aufbaumodul: Amerikanische Literatur LA Gym, LA Sek ab WS 2012/13 ANG.04628.03 Aufbaumodul Amerikanistik Literatur I BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60/90 LP ANG.06158.01 Aufbaumodul: Amerikanistik Literatur I BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60/90 LP (ab WS 2015/16) |
| SWS | 2 |
| Sonstiges |
LITERATURE Did you know that as a student at MLU you are entitled to a free version of software that helps students find and organize academic literature? This software is very valuable when it comes to managing your bibliographies. Go to <bibliothek.uni-halle.de/benutz/litverwalt/> for more information on "Citavi", "EndNote", "Mendeley", and "Zotero." PRIMARY Gaines, Ernest. A Gathering of Old Men. New York: Vintage, 1992; 11983. [ISBN: 978-0-67-973890-9] Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel. With a foreword by Edwidge Danticat and an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006; 11937. Print. [ISBN: 978-0-06-083867-6] Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. 50th Anniversary Edition. London: Arrow Books, 2010; 11960. Print. [ISBN: 978-0-09-954948-2] Percy, Walker. The Moviegoer. New York: Methuen, 2004; 11961. Print. [ISBN: 978-0-41-377327-2] SECONDARY SOURCES Andrews, William L., ed. The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology. New York, NY: Norton, 1998. Print. [incl. 1 Audio-CD] Ayers, Edward L., ed. The Oxford Book of the American South: Testimony, Memory, and Fiction. New York, NY: Oxford UP, 1997. Print. Bendixen, Alfred, ed. A Companion to the American Novel. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2012; pb. 2015. Print. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture 80. Cassuto, Leonard, Clare V. Eby, and Benjamin Reiss, eds. The Cambridge History of the American Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2011. Print. Flora, Joseph M., and Robert Bain, eds. Contemporary Fiction Writers of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. Print. Elliott, Emory, gen. ed. Columbia Literary History of the United States. New York: Columbia UP, 1988. Print. Engler, Bernd, and Kurt Müller. Metzler Lexikon amerikanischer Autoren. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2000. Print. Graham, Maryemma, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. Print. Gray, Richard, and Owen Robinson, eds. A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. Print. Hönnighausen, Lothar and Valeria Gennaro Lerda, eds. Rewriting the South: History and Fiction. Tübingen: Francke, 1993. Print. Jarrett, Gene Andrew, ed. A Companion to African American literature. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Blackwell companions to literature and culture. [Online version of Companion to African American Literature. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Marcus, Greil, and Werner Sollors, eds. A New Literary History of America. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 2009. Print. Harvard UP Reference Library. pb ed. 2012. Werlock, Abby H. P., ed. The Facts on File Companion to the American Novel. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Print. Facts on File library of American literature. Zacharasiewicz, Waldemar. Die Erzählkunst des amerikanischen Südens. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 1990. Print. Erträge der Forschung, 270. Zapf, Hubert, and Helmbrecht Breinig, eds. Amerikanische Literaturgeschichte. 3rd ed. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2010. Print. |
| ECTS-Punkte | 5 |
