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31936-01 - Lecture: US-American Drama: a survey (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2012 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This lecture course offers a survey of major US-American playwrights and plays of the long 20th century as it seeks to understand US-American theater history as a significant part of modern American cultural history at the intersection of race, class, and gender. We will explore the ways in which theater and performance have contributed to the construction and deconstruction of the notion of the 'American Dream' in the broad social, political, religious and cultural contexts from modernist to post-postmodernist discourses. |
| Bibliography | A READER will be available at "dings" after the first week of the semester. |
| Admission requirements | OPEN to everyone interested in the topic; MANDATORY for participants of the PROSEMINAR "US-American Drama" (31934-01) |
| Course application | not required |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Slavistik (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Modern German Literature (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Aufbaustudium Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul English & American Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Regular attendance and readings plus final written ASSESSMENT (pass/fail) |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |