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Students further develop their historical knowledge and understanding of American literary and cultural expressions. They sharpen their critical reading skills and analytical skills to interpret and critique American cultural expressions.

This lecture course examines the changing cultural understandings of death, dying, and mourning in North America by analyzing different visual, text, and media cultures ranging from the early colonial period until the twenty-first century.

Written

See the detailed syllabus on Moodle (PHV) for assigned course texts at the beginning of the semester.

for the Bachelor Program (612): positive completion of compulsory module 10
for the Bachelor Program Lehramt (457): positive completion of compulsory module 13

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training program - BA/MA English and American Studies), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.