Lehrende/r: Dr. Frank Obenland
Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Anmeldegruppe: AS 115
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Before students can register for this class, they have to receive a passing grade in the department's language test English. See our website for further information: https://www.english-and-linguistics.uni-mainz.de/sprachpraktischer-eingangstest-id-439/.
Inhalt: This course is designed as a practical introduction to the field of American studies. Its primary goal is to familiarize beginning students with those concepts and ideas that scholars have used to describe, analyze, and interpret American literature, culture, and history. In discussing literary texts, material objects, media, cultural, and performances from all periods of American history, students will be introduced to the different methodologies employed by Americanists. By the end of the semester, students will have learned a critical vocabulary that will enable them to create critical, interpretative texts of their own that include observation, description, analysis, and explanation.
Empfohlene Literatur: Hebel, Udo J. Einführung in die Amerikanistik - American Studies. Metzler, 2008. Middeke, Martin, ed. English and American Studies: Theory and Practice. Metzler, 2012. Parker, Robert Dale. How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies. Oxford UP, 2015.
