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Veranstaltungen
im Wintersemester 2007/08
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Wenn
Sie an einem meiner Kurse im Wintersemester 2007/08
teilnehmen möchten, gehen Sie bitte zu meiner
Moodle online-Plattform:
http://wasb.urz.uni-magdeburg.de/anglistik
Dort können Sie sich über die Funktion "Create
a new account" anmelden. Sie erhalten daraufhin
eine Bestätigungsmail und können sich dann
direkt in die Kurse einschreiben, die Sie gewählt
haben. Sollten Sie bei diesem Vorgehen unerwartet
auf Probleme stoßen, wird Ihnen meine wissenschaftliche
Hilfskraft Jutta Biel (Jutta.Biel@Student.Uni-Magdeburg.de)
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PS Literaturstudien
American Literary Realism
Do
11:00–13:00, G40B-423
Teilnahmeschein: 3 CPs, Leistungsschein: 5 CPs
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In American history the period from 1865 to 1918,
which literary historians call the era of realism and naturalism,
was a time of dramatic transformations which changed the fundamental
values of American society forever. Nowhere are these changes more
evident than in American fiction which experienced a phase of unparalleled
development by the introduction of common characters, colloquial
language, and normative situations for the creation of literary
art. During these years women became a major force in American letters,
as did minority writers of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Consequently, the subjects of literature began to address women’s
issues, the problems of assimilation facing the growing immigrant
population attracted by the promises of the “American Dream,”
and a variety of moral dilemmas of everyday life. In addition to
these themes the course will deal with representative writers and
their concepts of literary artistry in its endeavor to familiarize
students with a particularly rich period of American literary history.
To reduce the intensity of the reading requirements throughout the
semester students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves
in advance with the subject matter. The required texts will be announced
on the Moodle platform.
A
reading quiz to check your familiarity with the assigned texts will
be given in the first week of the semester. Students who fail this
test are not eligible to participate in this course. At the end
of the term, a “Schein” will be awarded to those students
who completed the weekly written and oral assignments. |
HS
Literaturstudien
Ethnic Voices in American Literature
Di 15:00–17:00, G40B-339
Teilnahmeschein:
4 CPs, Leistungsschein: 6 CPs
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American
literature is composed of a wide spectrum of diverse voices. Many
of them have a distinctive ethnic ring and set out to record the
experiences of the nation’s original inhabitants and its immigrant
groups. Among the issues raised within the analytical framework
of this class are questions of identity and family, the search for
self-expression, the problem of community, and linguistic issues.
Students wishing to sign up for this class should be aware that
a significant amount of reading will have to be done during the
entire semester. Active and informed participation is a basic requirement,
and the semester’s work will have to be documented in written
form.
To
reduce the intensity of the reading requirements throughout the
semester students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves
in advance with the subject matter. The required texts will be announced
on the Moodle platform.
A reading quiz
to check your familiarity with the assigned texts will be given
in the first week of the semester. Students who fail this test are
not eligible to participate in this course. At the end of the term,
a “Schein” will be awarded to those students who completed
the weekly written and oral assignments. |
HS
Kulturstudien
Immigration and Ethnicity in the
North America: Selected Readings
Di 13:00–15:00, G40B-525
Teilnahmeschein: 4CPs, Leistungsschein: 6CPs |
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Immigration
is one of the central issues of American culture: "Once I thought
to write a history of the immigrants in America," said historian
Oscar Handlin, "Then I discovered that the immigrants were
American history." This course will familiarize students with
the basic facts of immigration to the USA. It will also introduce
them to the most relevant theoretical aspects of the topic. Emphasis
will be placed on the historical dimensions and the socio-political
implications of this large-scale phenomenon. German immigration
to the United States will receive special attention. Course work
will be based on readings from textbooks, historical documents,
literary texts, and, to provide a context for the understanding
of issues underlying the historical phenomenon, selected theories
of ethnicity.
To reduce the
intensity of the reading requirements throughout the semester students
are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves in advance with
the subject matter. The required texts will be announced here on
the Moodle platform.
A reading
quiz to check your familiarity with the assigned texts will be given
in the first week of the semester. Students who fail this test are
not eligible to participate in this course. At the end of the term,
a “Schein” will be awarded to those students who completed
the weekly written and oral assignments. |
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Kulturstudien
Representing Foreign Cultures in
Fact and Fiction: The Pacific as Seen by the Crew of the "Snark"
[click here for Jack London
online resources]
Do 13:00–15:00, G40B-434
Teilnahmeschein: 4 CPs, Leistungsschein: 6 CPs |
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In 1907, Jack London, his wife, and two traveling companions set
out to begin a round-the-world voyage, which was to last seven years.
After a series of fascinating encounters with the inhabitants of
Hawaii, the Marquesas, the Solomon Islands and Tahiti, health reasons
forced the group to abandon the voyage. The impressions collected
during the cruise were so intense that they served as an inspiration
for at least three of the crew members to publish their memories
in the form of travel reports. Based on an understanding of the
basic elements of travel writing this course will examine in which
ways the three writers dealt with the task of transforming the actual
experience into narrative form. In doing so, it will acquaint students
with some fundamental aspects of analyzing and understanding cultural
encounters between Western travelers and “exotic” peoples.
Prospective participants must be prepared to invest a significant
amount of time and effort for this class
To
reduce the intensity of the reading requirements throughout the
semester students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves
in advance with the subject matter. The required texts will be announced
here on the Moodle platform.
A reading
quiz to check your familiarity with the assigned texts will be given
in the first week of the semester. Students who fail this test are
not eligible to participate in this course. At the end of the term,
a “Schein” will be awarded to those students who completed
the weekly written and oral assignments.
Required text
(make sure you get exactly this edition): Jack London, The Cruise
of the Snark (New York : Penguin Books, 2004), ISBN: 0142437735.
– Place your order for the book ahead of time so that you
have enough time to read it before classes start in October.
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