Lehrende/r: Dr. Frank Obenland
Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Prerequisite is successful completion of the department's language proficiency test. For more information follow this link: https://www.english-and-linguistics.uni-mainz.de/sprachpraktischer-eingangstest-id-439/
Anwesenheitspflicht: Attendance is mandatory.
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.
