552.291 (19W) Topics in British Cultural Studies: Imagining the Alps-Adriatic Region – British, Irish, and American perspectives

Wintersemester 2019/20

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07.10.2019 14:00 - 16:00 N.0.07 On Campus
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LV-Titel englisch Topics in British Cultural Studies: Imagining the Alps-Adriatic Region – British, Irish, and American perspectives
LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
Anmeldungen 14 (25 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 07.10.2019
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs

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Intendierte Lernergebnisse

After the completion of the course, students will:

  • have an overview knowledge of literary, cinematic, and artistic engagements with the Alps-Adriatic region by selected British, Irish, and American writers/filmmakers/artists
  • have a basic understanding of theoretical concepts such as imagology, (cultural) representation, inter- and transculturality
  • be able to identify and critically discuss literary, cinematic, and artistic strategies of engagement with the Alps-Adriatic region
  • gain a historical and contextualized understanding of cultural and literary relations between the UK, Ireland, the US and the European continent (with a focus on the Alps-Adriatic region)

Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools

weekly seminar sessions

Inhalt/e

From the tradition of the Grand Tour of the 18thand 19thcenturies to contemporary travel writing and online-blogging, the Alps-Adriatic region has always captured the interest and imagination of (not only) Anglo-American and Irish writers. This course aims to examine the oeuvre of a number of writers, filmmakers, and artists as it relates and engages with the multi-cultural and multi-lingual region of the Alps-Adriatic. Apart from well-known examples such as those of the Irish writer James Joyce, the British filmmaker David Lean, or the American novelist Donna Leon, we will also research and examine the impact of those writers and filmmakers on contemporary receptions of the region as well as on the oeuvre of writers, filmmakers, and artists from the region itself.

Erwartete Vorkenntnisse

While it may help to have a general idea of how to analyze literary and media texts, the course is open to anyone with an interest in the subject matter. In group work activities, students of literature will try to be grouped with those from other disciplines to enable mutual benefits in learning.

Literatur

A list of relevant resources will be made available at the beginning of the course. However, students are encouraged to research into the topic of the course during the summer and, thus, contribute to the list of primary and secondary sources that may be of interest for everyone in the 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

Expert Session (oral group presentation), Term Paper (individual research paper) 

Prüfungsinhalt/e

Expert Session: focus on one of the primary texts discussed in-class, development of discussion questions, leading in-class discussion (assisted by the teacher).

Term Paper: individual choice of text and topic, in coordination with the teacher

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

Expert Session: 35%

Regular and Active in-class participation: 15%

Term Paper: 50%

Beurteilungsschema

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Position im Curriculum

  • Besonderer Studienbereich Besonderer Studienbereich Friedensstudien (SKZ: 900, Version: 05S)
    • Fach: Erweiterungsbereich (Freifach)
      • Weitere anrechnungsfähige LVs aus anderen Studienplänen ( 0.0h / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 552.291 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Imagining the Alps-Adriatic Region – British, Irish, and American perspectives (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture (Pflichtfach)
      • 6.1 Topics in British Cultural Studies ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.291 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Imagining the Alps-Adriatic Region – British, Irish, and American perspectives (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen

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