Proseminar: Becoming a Reader and Scholar of American Literature ONE

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain English
    Code UE-L06.01055
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Proseminar
    Level Bachelor
    Semester AS-2020

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Monday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Austenfeld Thomas
    Description

    The proseminar is designed to guide students to their independent, self-paced, systematic acquisition of key texts in the American literary tradition. In this class, students will learn to chart their own path through canonical and non-canonical texts in order to foster their independent study habits and research ambitions.

    We will meet weekly. Students attending this proseminar may, if they choose, think of it as a convenient preparation for the oral exam option in lieu of writing a BA thesis (see BA-LET study plan).

    The American literature reading list for the oral exam option will guide us in the first four weeks of class.  The entire reading list is posted here -- we will choose from among its options: here: http://homeweb.unifr.ch/austenfe/pub/Students/BA%20Exam%20Reading%20List%20American%20Literature%20Austenfeld%202016.pdfb ).   

    In the second half of the semester, each student will explore a handful of major works found in the Norton Anthology (or elsewhere) and will chart a path for his or her future, independent reading while teaching these works to the class in concert with other student.

    The syllabus will therefore be provisional until after the third week. It will be completed once students have chosen their readings for the second half of the semester. 

    The proseminar is offered in both Fall of 2020 and Spring of 2021: the Fall iteration will mostly limit itself to literature from the Early American Period through about 1900; the Spring semester will concern itself with the time from 1900 to the present day.

    Students may take either or both of the proseminars offered this academic year.

    Softskills No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No

    Documents

    Bibliography

    Text: Norton Anthology of American Literature, ninth edition, Volumes A and B (possibly C).

    For the spring 2021 class, volumes C, D, and E will be required.

  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    14.09.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    21.09.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    28.09.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    05.10.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    12.10.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    19.10.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    26.10.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    02.11.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    09.11.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    16.11.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    23.11.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    30.11.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    07.12.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
    14.12.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2122
  • Assessments methods

    Séminaire - Outside session

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    English Language and Literature 120
    Version: SA15_BA_ang_V02
    Module Five: Culture & Identity
    Module Seven: Advanced Research and Writing

    English Language and Literature 50
    Version: SA15_BASI_ang_V01
    Module 01: English and American Literature

    English Language and Literature 60
    Version: SA15_BA_ang_V01
    Theory and Texte or Culture and Identity > Module Five: Culture & Identity

    Ens. compl. en Lettres
    Version: ens_compl_lettres

    Lettres [Cours]
    Version: Lettres_v01