Course Schedule


Lehrveranstaltungen

Area Studies I (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Heike Stellmann

Termin:
wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 08:15 - 09:45 | 14.10.2013 - 31.01.2014 | C 16.222 Seminarraum

Inhalt: “British Cultural Identities“ and “The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour” Is there such a thing as “Britishness” or “Englishness”? Based on the books by Mike Storry/Peter Childs and Kate Fox respectively, we will analyse contemporary British identities: How do British people position themselves and how are they positioned by their culture? We will set out to identify the commonalities in rules governing English behavior – as Fox defines them: “the unofficial codes of conduct that cut across class, age, sex, region, sub-culture and other social boundaries”. Thus, it should later be easier to critically analyse given textbooks and other teaching material and beware our future pupils to “put their feet in it” once they get in touch with British people. Apart from studying the books, we will look at other media like newspaper articles, poems, films, school textbooks, etc. You will find the books in the Seminarapparat in the Bibliothek. Here is the reference, in case you would like to buy your own copy: Mike Storry/Peter Childs (eds). British Cultural Identities. 4th edition. Oxon: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-68076-9 Kate Fox. Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. ISBN 0-340-81886-7

Area Studies II (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Heike Stellmann

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 14.10.2013 - 31.01.2014 | C 3.120 Seminarraum

Inhalt: “British Cultural Identities“ and “The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour” Is there such a thing as “Britishness” or “Englishness”? Based on the books by Mike Storry/Peter Childs and Kate Fox respectively, we will analyse contemporary British identities: How do British people position themselves and how are they positioned by their culture? We will set out to identify the commonalities in rules governing English behavior – as Fox defines them: “the unofficial codes of conduct that cut across class, age, sex, region, sub-culture and other social boundaries”. Thus, it should later be easier to critically analyse given textbooks and other teaching material and beware our future pupils to “put their feet in it” once they get in touch with British people. Apart from studying the textbooks, we will look at other media like newspaper articles, poems, films, school textbooks, etc. You will find the books in the Seminarapparat in the Bibliothek. Here is the reference, in case you would like to buy your own copy: Mike Storry/Peter Childs (eds). British Cultural Identities. 4th edition. Oxon: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0-415-68076-9 Kate Fox. Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. ISBN 0-340-81886-7

Reflections of History and Culture in the North American Short Story (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sabrina Völz

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 14.10.2013 - 31.01.2014 | C 5.310 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Seeking to get beyond traditional forms of information-only culture, students will engage North American short stories from the perspective of area studies. These fundamental texts will be placed in their historical, political, and cultural contexts from mainstream and marginalized perspectives in order to better understand issues such as personal, national, and transnational identities as well as ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and historical events such as the Vietnam War and the Oka Crisis. Students will gain experience analyzing and thinking critically about the impact that tradition, culture, and the media have on communication, human behaviour, and society. Moreover, we will delve deeper into the multifaceted nature of culture to cross borders of all kinds and to learn about ourselves as cultural beings.

Writing and Filming Back: Native North America (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sabrina Völz

Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 14.10.2013 - 31.01.2014 | C 12.013 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Seeking to get beyond traditional forms of information-only culture, students will engage fictional and non-fictional texts about and by Native people in the North America. These texts will be placed in their historical, political, and cultural contexts from mainstream and marginalized perspectives in order to better understand what it means to be colonized and the Other today. Students will gain experience analyzing and thinking critically about the impact that tradition, culture, and the media have on communication, human behaviour, and society. Moreover, we will delve deeper into the multifaceted nature of culture to cross borders of all kinds and to learn about ourselves as cultural beings.