552.270 (22W) Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America

Wintersemester 2022/23

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First course session
12.10.2022 12:00 - 13:30 HS 4 On Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENL02001UL
Course title german Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America
Type Lecture
Course model Attendance-based course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 90
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 12.10.2022
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Remarks (english)

The department recommends that you take this lecture class in your 3rd semester if you are a BA student and in your 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th semester if you are a BEd student.


Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

After the Survey, students will be well equipped to work with American literature in later classes, as they understand the connections between texts, as well as texts and society.

Teaching methodology

Lecture; occasionally short in-class discussions of selected material; final exam.

The course is designed as in-person lecture and will take place on campus (including the final exam). Any changes that may become necessary due to the ongoing pandemic situation will be announced by the instructor.

Course content

As an introductory lecture course, this class provides students with an overview of American literary history and an introduction to the diverse range of literary production in the United States. It will attend to both dominant more marginal(ized) literary voices, ranging from discovery narratives and the early colonial period to the present day. We will critically engage with the notion of the American literary canon and also reflect on a range of approaches and theories that scholars have used in order to analyze and make sense of the texts included in it.

Literature

All primary texts and other relevant literature will be made available on Moodle on a weekly basis.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Final exam

  • written
  • 90 minutes
  • without materials

There will be four sittings of the exam. Dates TBA in class & via Moodle.

Students MUST REGISTER for the exam on ZEUS!

Examination topic(s)

Exam consists of

  • 10 multiple-choice questions
  • 5 open-answer questions

Only “Central Questions & Concerns” (as found on the slides on Moodle) relevant for the exam.


 

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • ENL.002 Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America ( 2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.270 Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Literary Studies II: Historical Surveys, Terminology and Practice of Interpretation (Compulsory subject)
      • ENL.002 Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America ( 2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.270 Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Literature (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Aufbaustudium Literature
        • 5.4 Survey of Anglophone Literatures – Focus America ( 0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
          • 552.270 Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 552.270 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures: Focus America (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2015
  • 551.217 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 551.216 VO Survey of Anglophone Literatures (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2013
  • 551.216 KU Survey of Anglophone Literatures (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)