551.335 (22W) Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture

Wintersemester 2022/23

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10.10.2022 10:00 - 12:00 N.0.27 On Campus
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Lehrende/r
LV-Titel englisch Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture
LV-Art Seminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 8.0
Anmeldungen 7 (20 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 10.10.2022
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Anmerkungen

Participation in first session is compulsory!

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

This course will give students an overview of the historical and cultural relations between Canada and the US. They will form an understanding how from shared and similar origins, these two settler societies diverged considerably in both political and cultural terms, starting with the American War of Independence. Similarities and differences, commonalities and specificities will be taken into consideration, and students will be familiarized with a body of texts that have dealt with this special but precarious relationship over the centuries.

Lehrmethodik

Readings of both secondary and primary texts and open discussion of these in class; presentations on student-selected, relevant texts, including student-moderated Q&A session and plenary analysis of a textual example.

Inhalt/e

Canadian and US history; cultural stereotypes; political and cultural relations; relevant literary and other cultural artefacts.

Literatur

Students are required to read Margaret Atwood's Surfacing (1979) as part of this course.

Prüfungsinformationen

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.

Prüfungsmethode/n

The final grade is an aggregate of...

  • 20% Active participation in class: Come prepared, read the required texts, do any additional research if necessary; think critically, and contribute to discussions and analyses.
  • 30% Presentation (45min): Introduce a text/cultural artefact and analyse it for its representation of Canada-US relationships (30min), do a Q&A (15min), and moderate a plenary, in-depth discussion of one example passage/sequence; write-up of presentation and any issues brought up during the Q&A and the analysis in a short academic paper to be uploaded on Moodle no later than two weeks after the presentation (pdf, 1000 words).
  • 50% SE-paper (4000 words): Academic paper presenting an in-depth critique of a text/artefact of your choice or a comparative study of several texts/artefacts regarding Canada-US relations, OR a theoretical argument about historical and/or cultural aspects of that relationship, to be uploaded on Moodle and handed in as printed copy no later than Sep 30, 2023, 23:55 (pdf, 4000 words).

  • If a student fails one pillar of assessment (participation, presentation, or paper), they fail the entire seminar!

Prüfungsinhalt/e

See above.

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

Quantity and quality of task fulfillment; quantity and quality of theoretical literature used; choice of primary text, quality of analysis, and quality of application of theoretical concepts and terminology.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Masterstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 812, Version: 18W.1)
    • Fach: Literature and Culture Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 3.4 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies I ( 0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 551.335 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture (2.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 812, Version: 18W.1)
    • Fach: Literature and Culture Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 3.5 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies II ( 0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 551.335 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture (2.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 812, Version: 18W.1)
    • Fach: Literature and Culture Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 3.6 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies III ( 0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 551.335 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture (2.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 812, Version: 11W.1)
    • Fach: Film, Literature and Culture Studies (Wahlfach)
      • Advanced Topics in „Film, Literature and Culture Studies” ( 0.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 551.335 Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture Studies: Sleeping with an Elephant - US-Canadian Relations in Literature and Culture (2.0h SE / 8.0 ECTS)

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