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Instructors: Dr. Frank Obenland
Event type:
Proseminar
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.115
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Registration group: AS 115/120
Contents:
This course is designed as a practical introduction to the field of American studies. Its primary goal is to familiarize 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.
Recommended reading list:
Hebel, Udo J. Einführung in die Amerikanistik - American Studies. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2008. Print.
Macey, David. The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory. London: Penguin Books, 2001. Print.
Middeke, Martin, ed. English and American Studies: Theory and Practice. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2012. Print.
Parker, Robert Dale. How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2015. Print.
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