MABM101 Съвременни аспекти на американистиката
Анотация:
АНОТАЦИЯ:
* Lectures – 20 hours
* Workshops – 8 hours (these workshops are so designed as to provoke active student participation; they are based on individual work on tasks given previously, paper presentation on such a topic and/or debating during the seminars);
* End-term course review – 2 hours.
Grade is based on students’ participation in class throughout the semester and final exam.
ЦЕЛИ:
* to give the students considerable knowledge and understanding of the contemporary aspects in the academic field of American Studies;
* to stimulate students' critical and creative thinking in one of the most flourishing academic fields nowadays.
Преподавател(и):
проф. Албена Бакрачева д.н.
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
Успешно завършилите курса студенти:
1) знаят:
* basic equipment in American Studies.
* have a clear-cut idea as to how the field of American Studies is considered by the academy nowadays.
* have deepened their motivation towards research and general devotion to the field of American Studies.
2) могат:
* flexible critical thinking in the field of American Studies.
Предварителни изисквания:
Студентите да имат знания и/или умения:
• English language proficiency.
• Background in American literature and culture.
• Literary theory equipment.
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
Литература по темите:
Студентите ще получат списък на основните автори и произведения.
Bradbury, Malcolm and Temperley, Howard, eds. INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES.Second Edition. Longman: London and New York, 1989.
Fisher, Philip, ed. THE NEW AMERICAN STUDIES. Essays from Representations. University of California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford, 1991.
Recent publications in US and European American Studies journals
Средства за оценяване:
Участие в семинари
Есета