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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Mag. Georg Engel Mag. Georg Engel

610014

"Looking at America?": Inside and Outside Perceptions

PS 2

3,5

wöch.

keine Angabe

Englisch

In this proseminar we will look at America from two sides: the inside perception of how “America" has come to see itself as an exceptional country with a mission in the world and the outside perception of how Europeans have been looking at "America" throughout its comparatively short history, wavering between the promises of a “messiah" and the threats of a "monster".

American self-perceptions and the changing European views of America from its discovery to the present time.

Finding relevant information/material (of sufficient credibility); writing a research paper; effective presentation of a paper; developing debating skills within the peer group;

Student presentations; discussion; final exam

C. Vann Woodward: _The Old World's New World_

Students must have passed the "Introduction to American Literature and Culture" to attend this course. Credit for PS American Culture
Beginn: 10.3.2009