Guía DocenteCurso Facultade de Filoloxía |
Grao en Inglés: Estudos Lingüísticos e Literarios |
Subjects |
Literatura Norteamericana 2 |
Learning aims |
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Identifying Data | 2012/13 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Literatura Norteamericana 2 | Code | 613G03035 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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Subject competencies (Learning outcomes) | Study programme competences | ||
To familiarize with contemporary American authors and their corresponding texts. | A2 A6 |
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To know how to read critically. | A1 A2 A3 A6 A14 A16 A17 |
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 |
C2 C3 C4 C7 C8 |
To be able to analyze a given text from different critical perspectives. | A11 |
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To know how to use bibliography available at the Library, as well as search via internet. | B1 |
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Be able to express their ideas in English. Students should make good use of English grammar, and write critically, readable, and well organized paragraphs/tests. | A15 |
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Be able to summaryze plots, short articles or reviews, and come up with most relevant topics. Verbalize their ideas clearly and in a cohesive way | B7 |
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These are difficult times. Though the United States of America are considered leaders in Democracy, hundreds of people make a wrong use and/or abuse laws. Those who pay are, mostly, people in the margins (the poor, the ill, women, the old and children). In this literary period (XXth and XXIst century) humankind have been witnessed to two World Wars, and hundreds of "pseudo wars" according to certain leaders. Students should understand the impact all these Wars have made on other humanbeings. It is no wonder that we have the so-called "Lost Generation". I would like students to use that socio historic knowledge to look at the lives of the writers and/or many of the protagonist in a totally different light. And learn from it. | C4 |
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Be able to put into practice their linguistic and literary knowledge. Given the lack of time, students should learn to communicate their ideas in public, and work in groups. This team work help them to organize task, distribute time, and choose the tools they will use to prepare their oral presentation. This is also a wonderful opportunity to hear about a book that it is NOT in the list, and to see how class-mates react to them through their own personal readings. | A15 |
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