552.311 (19W) Focus on Culture: Contemporary Canadian Drama
Überblick
- LV-Titel englisch Focus on Culture: Contemporary Canadian Drama
- LV-Art Seminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
- Semesterstunde/n 2.0
- ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 6.0
- Anmeldungen 0 (25 max.)
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Organisationseinheit
- Unterrichtssprache Englisch
- mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
- LV-Beginn 01.10.2019
- eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
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Anmerkungen
Attendance of first session compulsory!
On Monday, January 13, we will have a special skype talkback session with Drew Hayden Taylor from 16:00 to 18:00 in N.0.44 INSTEAD of our regular meeting!
Zeit und Ort
LV-Beschreibung
Intendierte Lernergebnisse
Students will be familiar with recent developments in English-language Canadian drama. They will know key authors and plays, be able to identify core themes and issues, and discuss relevant texts on a content- as well as a formal level in a competent manner.
Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools
Compact lecture inputs for context. Preparatory home readings of texts and performed readings of selected scenes in class. Plenary discussion of texts. Concise, individual spotlight essays. Seminar paper.
There will also be a skype talk-back with Drew Hayden Talor, the author of one of our plays, in January. This is a rare opportunity to directly discuss a play with its creator!
Inhalt/e
During the last three decades, drama in English-speaking Canada has seen an explosive creative dispersal of voices from centre to periphery, resulting in hitherto unknown diversity. This seminar will first provide students with a framework to make sense of these changes, before embarking on an in-depth exploration of selected example texts.
Erwartete Vorkenntnisse
Knowledge of Canadian culture and history is certainly helpful. Familiarity with key themes of and critical perspectives in Canadian literature even more so. Basic knowledge of French is a plus but not required.
Literatur
Students are required to acquire (in print or digital) and read the following plays for class (they will be discussed in this order):
Fraser, Brad. 1989 (2006). Love and Human Remains. [Please get the 2006 re-worked edition, not the 1989 original!]
Gale, Loreena. 2001. Je Me Souviens.
Atwood, Margaret. 2007. The Penelodiad - The Play. [Please take great care to get the PLAY and not the earlier prose version!]
Kerr, Kevin. 2010. Skydive.
Yee, David. 2010. Lady in the Red Dress.
Taylor, Drew Hayden. 2019. Cottagers and Indians.
Prüfungsinformationen
Prüfungsmethode/n
The final grade is an aggregate of the following criteria:
(A) 20% = active participation in class
(B) 40% = four concise spotlight essays (500 words each)
(C) 40% = seminar paper (4000 words)
Failing one criterion will fail the entire seminar!
Prüfungsinhalt/e
(A) = regular participation, all preparatory readings done, student participates actively in readings and discussions in class
(B) = student chooses four of the six plays and writes short critical, academic essays (fully referenced) about a specific topic of their interest that arose during discussion
(C) = student chooses any topic related to contemporary Canadian drama and writes a fully referenced long-form academic paper
Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe
Quality and quantity of information, precision and depth of analysis, structure and quality of argument, quality and quantity of secondary sources used.
Beurteilungsschema
Note BenotungsschemaPosition im Curriculum
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)
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7.3 (c) Focus on Culture (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
- 552.311 Focus on Culture: Contemporary Canadian Drama (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
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7.3 (c) Focus on Culture (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)
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Focus on Culture (
2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
- 552.311 Focus on Culture: Contemporary Canadian Drama (2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
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Focus on Culture (
2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)