Seminar: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies - Details

Seminar: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies - Details

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General information

Course name Seminar: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies
Subtitle
Course number 7.110103
Semester WiSe 2021/22
Current number of participants 33
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Anglistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Monday, 18.10.2021 16:00 - 18:00, Room: 41/E08
Type/Form

Rooms and times

41/E08
Monday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This introductory course is one of the components of the B1-Module and has been designed for first year bachelor’s students.
Students who successfully participate in this course, i.e. prepare for the class and complete the reading/writing assignments, attend the class regularly, and take part in class discussions will afterwards be able to:
• Use the MLA stylesheet for scholarly writings.
• Find relevant secondary literature in the library and online.
• Write a brief analysis of a literary text that puts forth a coherent argument.
• Analyze a variety of cultural texts by using basic concepts from semiotics and discourse analysis.
• Apply basic tools of narratology to better understand narrative texts.
• Explain how literary theory helps us to analyze literature and provide examples.
• Understand and explain what culture is and what makes it powerful.
Furthermore, students will have practiced
• Critical thinking skills.
• Working in small teams.
• Oral presentations and feedback.
• Independent time management.
• Forming an opinion and arguing for it.
• Asking questions!
Readings will be made available online on Stud.IP.
This is an American Studies course and shares requirements and guidelines with all other American Studies courses taught at IfAA. The "American Studies Tool Kit" in the Stud.IP Documents section outlines these requirements and guidelines. Please see the “Guidelines for Seminar Papers” for information on the formal requirements for the final paper and “How to Write a Draft Introduction” for the specific requirements for the draft introduction. The “Grading Rubric” is used in the feedback process and will enable you to better judge your own paper even before you hand it in.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "IfAA B1 WS 2021/2022".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
  • The enrolment is possible from 11.10.2021, 10:00 to 13.10.2021, 23:59.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 14.10.2021 on 00:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
Assignment of courses: