Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Prof. (apl.) Dr. Maria Moss


Lehrveranstaltungen

Creative Writing: Poetry and Short Fiction (Übung)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Montag | 12:15 - 13:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.311

Inhalt: Interested in awakening your creative spirit and discovering your potential for equally creative output? This seminar puts theory into practice by offering a variety of exercises to ignite ideas, experiment with literary styles and genres as well as give and receive constructive criticism in peer-editing sessions. This seminar will help you develop your own style and voice when writing poetry (including Haikus) and vignettes. In the end, students will have a portfolio (for lack of a better name), consisting of 2-3 Haikus, 2-3 vignettes, and 2-3 poems.

English for Specific Purposes: Business Ethics (Übung)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Dienstag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.311

Inhalt: The primary objective of this seminar is to introduce students to various ethical theories which will be applied to a variety of different realities, both factual and fictional. Students will be asked to analyze the social and moral implications of current issues, evaluate potential steps which can be taken to overcome problems, and analyze the efficiency of the discussed approaches in real and fictional contexts.

Creative Writing: Poetry, Short Fiction, and Beyond. Englisch ab B2.2 (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 17:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.111

Inhalt: Interested in awakening your creative spirit and discovering your potential for equally creative output? This seminar puts theory into practice by offering a variety of exercises to ignite ideas, experiment with literary styles and genres as well as give and receive constructive criticism in peer-editing sessions. This seminar will help you develop your own style and voice when writing poetry, flash fiction, vignettes, and a short story or part of a drama. While students will use the Cisneros “snapshot approach” to writing vignettes (e.g. expressing a certain moment, mood, character, or object while creating an atmosphere, not a story), they will initially write traditional Japanese Haikus before moving on to the great modernists, such as Robert Frost and W.C. Williams. In the end, students will have a portfolio (for lack of a better name), consisting of 3 Haikus, 3 pieces of short fiction, and 3 poems.

Working with Texts. Englisch B1.2 (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 12:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.124

Inhalt: In this seminar, we will work with a variety of engaging texts from flash fiction and poetry to scholarly texts. Students will become familiar with a variety of reading strategies in a cooperative atmosphere. In addition, students will practice identifying purpose and organization of texts, while learning to read more critically and efficiently. All of these skills will help students to better master the challenges of reading a variety of university texts in English. Finally, I also hope that students will become more confident and passionate readers over the course of the semester.

Introducing North American Studies (FSL) (Modul 1, Profil NAS) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Freitag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.310

Inhalt: The survey module introduces students to three aspects of North American Studies (with an emphasis on the United States): first, NAS as an academic subject influenced by academic as well as non-academic discourses (such as politics, religion, and history); second, NAS encompassing a vast range of topics, such as minority voices, aspects of “Otherness”; and third, NAS as a showcase for cultural production reflected in literature, art, and film.

North American Studies Meets the Humanities (FSL) (Modul 4, Profil NAS) (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Termin:
 wöchentlich | Freitag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 03.04.2023 - 07.07.2023 | C 5.325

Inhalt: Through the lens of literature, art, and film, we will study and discuss the rapidly growing field of animals studies and human-animals studies, both of which examine the complex and multidimensional relationships between humans and other animals. We will focus on how interaction with other animal species (for instance in the exciting field of biodiversity and architecture) shapes our accounts of what it means to be human and how we understand our influence and responsibility in environmental sustainability.