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Instructors: Dr. Birgit Wetzel-Sahm
Event type:
Course
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.901
Hours per week:
4
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Requirements / organisational issues:
This is a preparatory master course for international students. We will practice advanced academic research-based writing skills. You will write a mid-term academic essay and a brief research paper at the end of the semester. You will share, discuss, and assess your work in progress with the other participants.
Primary texts: selected 20th-century American short stories. Your writing assignments revolve around these texts.
Course aims: critical reading competence of narrative texts, systematic research, critical use of secondary sources, proper academic citation, academic writing skills, including style, word choice, review of grammar, punctuation.
Enrollment: This course is one of three preparatory courses (together with Survey Course American Literary and Cultural Studies; Conversation and Presentation) designed for international students enrolled in the MA program American Studies only. Please register for this course by contacting the instructor directly via email. Only use your JGU mail account @students.uni-mainz.de, state your full name and matriculation number.
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