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Instructors: Florian Freitag
Event type:
Proseminar
Displayed in timetable as:
06.008.0031
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 40
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie zzgl. Bevorzugung höherer Fachsemester
Requirements / organisational issues:
Students are encouraged to attend the "Introduction to North American Studies" (Mondays, 1:00 pm, Room 369) while attending this seminar.
Term papers will be due August 1, 2013. For more information on term papers, please visit http://www.fb06.uni-mainz.de/englisch/Dateien/Guide_to_Writing_Term_Papers.pdf.
Please also take a look at our Selected Bibliography: http://www.fb06.uni-mainz.de/englisch/Dateien/Selected_Bibliography.pdf
Contents:
1. 17 April 2013 General Introduction
2. 24 April 2013 Introduction to the Library Databases [choose your tour]
3. 08 May 2013 Introduction to the Library Databases II [k. lorenz]
4. 15 May 2013 Historical and Cultural Overviews
Presentations: British Colonies, New France, New Spain
Presentations: Colonial North American Literatures
5. 22 May 2013 Canon Formation and the Beginnings of “American” Literature
John Guillory, “Canon”
Norton Anthologies of American Literature
6. 29 May 2013 Christopher Columbus, “Journal of the First Voyage” [h]
John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity” [h]
7. 05 June 2013 New England: Mary Rowlandson I [h]
Presentation: The Captivity Narrative
8. 12 June 2013 New England: Mary Rowlandson II [h]
Presentation: Post-Scriptural Typology
9. 19 June 2013 New England: Mary Rowlandson III [h]
Presentations: Downing, “Streams of Scripture Comfort”
Henwood, “Mary Rowlandson”
Toulouse, “My Own Credit”
10. 26 June 2013 New France: Jérôme Lalemant [h]
Presentation: The Jesuit Relations
11. 03 July 2013 British North America: Susanna Moodie
Presentation: Roughing It in the Bush
12. 10 July 2013 Term Paper Presentations I
13. 17 July 2013 Term Paper Presentations II
Term Papers Due: 01 August 2013
Recommended reading list:
All texts will be distributed in class.
Additional information:
If you have any questions, please contact me via email.
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