552.285 (23S) Topics in American Cultural Studies: New York and the American Mind

Sommersemester 2023

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07.03.2023 16:00 - 18:00 N.0.27 On Campus
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Lehrende/r
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM03001UL
LV-Titel englisch Topics in American Cultural Studies: New York and the American Mind
LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
Anmeldungen 30 (25 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 07.03.2023
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Anmerkungen

Attendance of the first class meeting on March 7, 2023 is MANDATORY!

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

Students will gain a basic familiarity with the cultural history of New York City and the greater New York region. They will be able to think critically about major U.S. cultural discourses and a variety of literary genres in relation to this history. 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

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 primary and theoretical texts through close readings, and group discussion.

Inhalt/e

In this class, we turn to major aspects of New York City and the greater New York region’s literary and cultural history from its colonial beginnings to the present. Through a broad range of texts including short stories and a novel, journalistic and essayistic works, poetry, art, music, films, and TV series, we will look closely at the place and its representations and meanings. Our texts and films, for example Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853), F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Modernist masterpiece The Great Gatsby (1925), or Martin Scorsese’s film Gangs of New York (2002), will give an impression of the diversity of New York experiences in relation to U.S. cultural history. Thus, we explore New York City through the eyes of various individuals and groups, specific places and histories, and in relation to questions of race, class, and gender. At the same time, we place specific histories in conversation with broader historical contexts and the greater New York region, and examine New York as part of the American mind and the United States’ national mythology.

Literatur

Required texts (please purchase!)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925) (any edition)

All other texts will be made available by the instructor.

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

  • one oral presentation
  • one research paper of 2,500–3,000 words

Prüfungsinhalt/e

  • oral presentation (15 minutes) on selected topics. A list of presentation topics and guidelines will be provided.
  • research paper on a text treated in the seminar. Students must use at least five secondary sources. Papers must conform to the guidelines outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. They must be submitted as a word or PDF document via email. Final deadline for submission is April 30, 2023.

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

Components of final grade:

  • 20 % participation in class (pillar 1)
  • 20 % oral presentation (pillar 2)
  • 60 % research paper (pillar 3)

Students will need to achieve passing grades in all pillars of assessment in order to receive a passing grade for the class.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.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: New York and the American Mind (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • 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: New York and the American Mind (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • 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: New York and the American Mind (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Diplom-Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • 2.Abschnitt
      • Fach: Advanced Culture Studies (Pflichtfach)
        • SE zu Topics in American Culture Studies ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: New York and the American Mind (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture (Pflichtfach)
      • 6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: New York and the American Mind (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen

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