552.285 (21S) Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents
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- Lehrende/r
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM03001UL
- LV-Titel englisch Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents
- LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
- LV-Modell Blended-Learning-Lehrveranstaltung
- Online-Anteil 50%
- Semesterstunde/n 2.0
- ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
- Anmeldungen 24 (25 max.)
- Organisationseinheit
- Unterrichtssprache Englisch
- mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
- LV-Beginn 01.03.2021
- eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Zeit und Ort
LV-Beschreibung
Intendierte Lernergebnisse
Students will gain a basic familiarity with major debates and issues of early U.S. culture. They will be able to think critically about the early republic and to link meanings of individual works to the period’s broader questions and discourses. Students will improve their research, analytical, and writing skills, and advance their competence in interpreting texts within their specific socio-cultural and historical contexts from a perspective that problematizes race, class, and gender.
Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools
This course is designed to emphasize in-class student participation. Teaching methods include short input lectures, short oral presentations on selected topics by students, in-class discussion of assigned texts through close textual analysis, and group discussion. Online meetings will take place via Moodle (BBB).
Inhalt/e
Rarely a day in U.S. politics (and certainly no Inauguration Day) goes by without evocations of the foundational narratives of the country and, often through references to its founding documents, of its democratic values and status as a republic. This seminar takes a closer look at the origins of such discourse by turning to formative texts, debates, thinkers, and ideas of the early years of the United States. We will approach the period of the early republic (lasting roughly from the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson) through a broad cultural studies lens. On the one hand, we will closely read passages from classic documents like the Declaration of Independence (1776) or the Constitution (1787) to examine some of their ideas first hand. On the other hand, we will link these readings to wider historical and cultural contexts. While considering some of those figures commonly designated the “founding fathers” and reading Benjamin Franklin’s famous Autobiography (1771-1790), we will also turn to other voices to explore the period, e.g. those of Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, Phillis Wheatley, Washington Irving, or David Walker. Including a broad variety of material ranging from essays and scientific texts to travel writing, pamphlets, and paintings, and taking into consideration issues like the westward expansion, slavery, or religious awakenings, helps gain a better understanding not only of the period’s cultural narratives, but also of their continuing influence on how Americans think about themselves today.
Literatur
Required texts (please purchase!)
Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism. Edited by Joyce E. Chaplin. Norton, 2012.
All other texts will be made available by the instructor.
Prüfungsinformationen
Beurteilungsschema
Note BenotungsschemaPosition im Curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
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ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture
(Pflichtfach)
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6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: The Early Republic: Founders, Ideas, Documents (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture
(Pflichtfach)