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Seminar: “The Big Easy,” “Crescent City,” “N`Awlins: A Multimedia Tour of New Orleans” - Vertiefungsmodul - Details
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Course name Seminar: “The Big Easy,” “Crescent City,” “N`Awlins: A Multimedia Tour of New Orleans” - Vertiefungsmodul
Course number s. "sonstiges"!
Semester SS 2018
Current number of participants 0
Home institute Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 03.04.2018 10:15 - 11:45
Studiengänge (für) ANG.03208.01 für LAG, LAS, LAF
MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP
MA Englische Sprache und Literatur 45/75 LP
LAG, LAS, LAF ab WS 2012/13
MA 120 LP und 45/75 LP ab WS 2015/16
LAG, LAS
SWS 2
Miscellanea ANG.03208.01 für LAG, LAS, LAF
ANG.03929.02 für MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP, MA Englische Sprache und Literatur 45/75 LP
ANG.03934.02 für MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP, MA Englische Sprache und Literatur 45/75 LP
ANG.04630.02 für LAG, LAS, LAF ab WS 2012/13, MA 120 LP und 45/75 LP ab WS 2015/16
ANG.03210.01 für LAG, LAS
ECTS points 5

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No room preference
Tuesday: 10:15 - 11:45, weekly(14x)

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New Orleans is a large metropolitan city which epitomizes the American "melting pot." A true bubbling cauldron of many races and cultures, it embodies diversity and creativity in so many ways - among these are music, food, film, and literature. Our multimedia tour will begin with a short overview of the city's unique history before we delve into the jazzy rhythms and rhymes of the undisputed "birthplace of jazz." Our main focus, however, will be on literature: Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) - which will introduce us to Créole culture and a strong female character who struggles for greater personal freedom; Walker Percy's The Moviegoer (1961) - which will permit us to examine a critical moment in a young stockbroker's life who undergoes an existential crisis and prefers dreams and movies to real life; and Josh Neufeld's graphic novel A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (2007-2008, 2010) - which will enable us to understand the consequences of Hurricane Katrina from multiple-multicultural viewpoints. Our journey will also include a stop at the movies, as we explore the role of New Orleans on screen.

Required texts:
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (Norton Critical Edition, 2017). Please purchase this edition.
Walker Percy, The Moviegoer (Vintage International, 1998). Please purchase this edition.
Josh Neufeld, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (Pantheon, 2010).
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