Allgemeine Informationen
| Veranstaltungsname | Seminar: "Coming to America" - Fictional Literary Representations of Immigration to the US (19th-21st Century) |
| Untertitel | Aufbaumodul: Amerikanische Literatur |
| Semester | SS 2017 |
| Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden | 3 |
| erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl | 30 |
| Heimat-Einrichtung | Englische Literatur und Kultur |
| beteiligte Einrichtungen | Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen |
| Erster Termin | Dienstag, 02.05.2017 08:00 - 10:00 |
| Art/Form | Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft |
| 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 selected works of US immigrant fiction. |
| Lernorganisation | The course will start in the first week of May. Therefore, we will have to arrange two additional sessions (of two hours each) at the beginning of the course. |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Students will need to pass two quizzes and report their findings on an individual reading task if they want credit for this seminar. Quizzes are announced tests checking on whether students have read the novels, while the reading task will help us delve deeper into the analysis of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". Please, do not miss more than three sessions as our classes will provide you with the absolutely necessary opportunity of discussing your interpretations and interacting with your co-students and the lecturer. All students are expected to participate actively in discussions. Also, students must present in class (20 mins. plus discussion) on a topic to be arranged with the lecturer. It must be accompanied by a handout (Thesenpapier). Your handout is expected by your lecturer a week before your presentation is due. A copy of the reviewed handout must be available to all students on the day of presentation. Reading assignments (secondary literature and shorter primary literature) will be given on a weekly basis. At the end of the semester BA students will have to write a term paper (Hausarbeit) of ca. 12-15 pages, whereas students in education programs will have to take an oral exam of 30 mins. (probably in July). The BA essays are due at the end of September. |
| Studiengänge (für) |
LAG, LAS IKEAS BA |
| SWS | 2 |
| Sonstiges |
Please BUY ALL THREE NOVELS (whichever edition you choose) and familiarize yourselves with them until the course begins. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Okada, John. No-No Boy. Yezierksa, Anzia. Bread Givers. |
| ECTS-Punkte | 5 |
