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| Semester | spring semester 2008 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Franziska Gygax (franziska.gygax@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Representations of regional identity are at the core of many writers of the American South beside the exploration of the troubling history of the Old South. William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty are three representative writers whose texts challenge traditions, rituals, and myths of the South in very different ways. In this course we will discuss meanings of place/region with regard to race and gender. Furthermore, narratological issues will be addressed as well as concepts and definitions of narratives. |
| Learning objectives | The aim of this course is to exercise and expand the range of skills acquired in the introductory courses, to enable students to write their first (shorter) seminar paper at the end of the semester. |
| Bibliography | William Faulkner. "The Sound and the Fury" (Vintage: The Corrected Text 1990); Zora Neale Hurston. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (HarperCollins). Ordered at Labyrinth. A selection of Eudora Weltys short stories and critical texts will be available on the EVA server. |
| Comments | Read "The Sound and the Fury" before the semester starts. |
| Admission requirements | Successful attendance of the first semester of a Second-Year Course in literature. |
| Course application | Places are assigned on a first-come-first-served basis: enrol by email to the teacher franziska.gygax(at)unibas.ch. The first 22 students to enrol are guaranteed a place in the second-year course of their choice; others are put on a waiting list and may have to attend one of the other two courses on offer. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture for SLA teachers (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture for SLA teachers (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Geschlechterforschung) Vertiefungsmodul (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular attendance, active participation, group presentation |
| 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 | Englisches Seminar |