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| Semester | fall semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Andrew Shields (andrew.shields@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this course, we will study six books of contemporary Anglophone poetry, one each by six authors. |
| Learning objectives | In-depth study of the works under consideration. |
| Bibliography | The following books are required for the course: - Jericho Brown, "The New Testament", Copper Canyon Press 978-1556594571 - Imtiaz Dharker, "Over the Moon", Bloodaxe 978-1780371207 - Rebecca Gayle Howell, "American Purgatory", Eyewear 978-1911335443 - Jee Leong Koh, "Steep Tea", Carcanet 978-1847772275 - Kei Miller, "The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion", Carcanet 978-1847772671 - Patricia Lockwood, "Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals", Penguin 978-0141984865 Students should purchase copies of the books before the first session of the course. Copies will be available at the Labyrinth bookstore, Nadelberg 17, Basel. For context, students are encouraged to read earlier collections by Brown, Dharker, Howell, Koh, Miller, and Lockwood. |
| Comments | The blog entries that the students write for this course often go through an extensive editing and revision process before publication. Students should know in advance that the instructor will hold them to a high and demanding standard that might require repeated revision for individual posts. |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level: for BA05 students those who have completed their proseminar paper in Literary & Cultural Studies; for BA13 students those who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Course application | Please register for the course by signing up through MOnA. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Credit for the course will be given to those who attend regularly and write regular 200-word blog entries for the course blog. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |