Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies (Master Modul 8)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Advanced Module Literary Studies)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • HS The Rise of the American Novel (optional)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Karin Höpker, Mo, 18:00 - 19:30, C 301; ab 22.10.2018; Please note that the seminar starts on Oct 22!)
  • HS Anti-Colonial Literature and Thought (optional)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Peter Maurits, Do, 16:15 - 17:45, C 301)
  • HS Canadian Studies: Key concepts and Debates (optional)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Anwesenheitspflicht, Stefanie Schäfer, Di, 16:00 - 18:00, A 401)
  • HS Puritanism in the US: Literature and Culture (optional)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Stefanie Schäfer, Mi, 12:15 - 13:45, C 301)

Empfohlene Voraussetzungen:

Successful completion of intermediary modules 4 and 5

Inhalt:

The advanced thematic seminar introduces students to a second exemplary field of American literary studies, addressing e.g.

• literary discourse viewed through the lense of theoretical approaches,

• the history of genre,

• literary rewritings and spinoffs,

• cultural evaluation and reception of literary texts as well as processes of canonization,

• intermediality and the impact of medial transformations on modes of writing,

• ethics and aesthetics,

• literature and the sciences,

• registers of knowledge production,

• cultures of memory,

• identity constructions across various differences (ethnicity, race, class, gender and sexual orientation) and processes of transculturation.

Accompanied by independent study resulting in the presentation of a short oral paper, Module 8 strengthens students’ increasingly self-directed research in American Studies.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students further enhance their disciplinary competence in a second thematic field within American literary studies relevant to recent research. Further practicing their skills in close reading, contextualizing, evaluating and discussing literary sources, they reach an analytic and synthetic understanding of scholarly discourse. On their way towards a master’s thesis, students solidify their ability to assess and evaluate sources critically and independently in compliance with academic standards, both orally and in writing.

Literatur:

A reading list will be provided.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. North American Studies: Culture and Literature (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2016w | PhilFak | North American Studies: Culture and Literature (Master of Arts) | Masterprüfung | Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Hausarbeit (Prüfungsnummer: 38711)

Prüfungsleistung, Hausarbeit, benotet

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 70.0 %

Erstablegung: WS 2018/2019, 1. Wdh.: SS 2019

1. Prüfer:

Antje Kley

Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag zu Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies (Prüfungsnummer: 38712)

(englischer Titel: Academic Presentation: Focus Module: Literary Studies)

Prüfungsleistung, Präsentation, benotet, 3.0 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 30.0 %

Erstablegung: WS 2018/2019, 1. Wdh.: SS 2019

1. Prüfer:

Antje Kley