Proseminar: Becoming a Reader and Scholar of American Literature ONE
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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.
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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 & IdentityModule 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