Based on a close look at significant moments in American cultural history as well as theories of cultural difference the course will discuss constitutive aspects of defining cultural diversity in the United States past and present. Drawing on a wide selection of print and visual texts from various periods we will analyse representations of “the difference within” (in terms of the American East and West, North and South, urban and rural America as well as in terms of race and class) in an effort to identify versions of American culture as they are manifested in literary and visual narratives. This analytical work will be accompanied by a strong practical dimension that aims at producing concrete teaching projects for grades 7 to 13. Therefore, the course will collaborate with the Fachbereich English of an Integrated Secondary School in Berlin offering ample opportunities for discussing and implementing teaching projects resulting from the course in the EFL classroom.
Course requirements include active class preparation and participation, one in-class presentation and, as the module exam (MAP), a final oral exam.
Please register for the course via AGNES. |
