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PD Dr. Reinhard Isensee

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Courses in Past Semesters

WS 2008/09

52 50019 Einführung in die englische und amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft
VL, 2 SWS Do 14-16 wöch. UL 6, 2097 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 50037 Transatlantic Symposium: The End of East and West?
Challenges for Integration in Europe and America in the 21st Century - The Impact of Islam on Western Culture: Shifts in the Definition of European and American Identity
SE, 2 SWS Di 10-12 wöch. BE 1, 140 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Online Forum
•   Symposium Web Site


SS 2008

52 615 From Rebel to Coolhunter? Representations of Adolescence in American Literature and Culture in the 20th Century
SE(4) Do14-16wöch. DOR 24, 1.501 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 617 Diversity in American Education in the 21st Century
SE(4) Do10-12wöch.UL 6, 2004a R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


SS 2008

52 537 American Media Today
SE(4) Do 10-12 wöch. DOR 24, 1.601 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 609 Transatlantic Symposium: Media and Identity in Europe and the United States
SE(4) Di 10-12 wöch. BE 1, 140/142 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus (Revised)   (PDF)
•   Symposium Web Site
•   Forum


SS 2007

52 620 Bachelorarbeit (Studienpunkte 20 mit BA Arbeit)
CO (2) Do10-12wöch. UL 6, 2004a R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 641 Shifts in Cultural Identity Formation in the 1st and 2nd Media Age
HS (4) Di10-12wöch. BE 1, 140/142 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


WS 2006/07

52 589 Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft
VL Mo 14-16 wöch. UL 6, 3038 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 604 American Media Today
HS Do 14-16 wöch. UL 6, 2097 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 659 Europe's Dream of America/America's Dream of Europe
HS Di 10-12 wöch. Inval. 110, 347 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


00 000 United in Diversity? Minority Rights in the United States and the European Union
5th Transatlantic Students Symposium. Berlin/Split/Mostar/Cottbus., March 3-11, 2007
HS Mo 18-20 wöch. DOR 24, 501 R. Isensee, P. Kneis

•   Symposium Web Site
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


SS 2006

52 580 American Cultural History (SG)
VL Do14-16wöch. UL 6, 2002 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 692 Representations of Adolescence
in Late 20th Century American and Canadian Young Adult Fiction and Culture
HS Do10-12wöch. UL 6, 2014A R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 696 Narratives of the Civil War (By Those Who Fought It)
HS Di 10-12wöch. Inval. 110, 343 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 697 Native American Cultural Identity and Globalization
HS Di 12-14wöch. Inval. 110, 347 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)
•   see also: Conference: Native Cultures in the 21st Century


WS 2005/06

52 565 Visual Media
PS Di 12-14 wöch. UL 6, 2014A R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 567 American Media Today
HS Do 14-16 wöch. UL 6, 2004a R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 617 The Postwar American Nonfiction Novel
HS Di 10-12 wöch. Inval. 110, 349 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 619 "In God We Trust":
The Impact of Religion on American Culture and Politics at Home and Abroad
HS Do 12-14 wöch. Inval. 110, 347 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


SS 2005

52 663 American Cultural History
PS/SE Do 14-16 wöch. UL 6 1070 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


00 000 Einführung in die Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte USA:
Controversial Issues in American History
SE/VL (8) Mo 14-16 wöch. UL 6, 3075 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Bibliography   (PDF)
•   Tutorium


52 669 Fictions of Adolescence in American Literature
HS Di 10-12 wöch. INV 110, 343 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 672 The Politics and Culture of American Education in the 21st Century
HS Di 12-14 wöch. INV 110, 343 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)
•   Supplementary Student-Run Web Site


WS 2004/05

52 642 Literary and Cultural Representations of American Society: Visual Media (BA Amerikanistik: 3. Modul)
PS (8) Di 10-12 wöch. INV 110, 349 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 644 How Canadian is It? Concepts of Nationhood and National Identity in the USA and Canada (Magister und Lehramt)
PS (8) Di 14-16 wöch. INV 110, 349 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 645 Representations of Gender in 20th Century Native American Literature
HS (8) Do 14-16 wöch. INV 110, 306 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 648 The World According to Disney: Constructions of Cultural Difference in American (Family-Oriented) Films
HS (8) Mo 14-16 wöch. INV 110, 347 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


00 000 The European Dream
The Continuing Process of European Unification
3rd Transatlantic Students Symposium. March 5-13, 2005

•   Symposium Web Site
•   On-Line Course


SS 2004

52 615 American Cultural History (nur für B.A. 2. Sem.)
PS (8) Do 14-16 wöch. DOR 24, 411 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Bibliography   (PDF)


52 616 Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte USA: Controversial Issues in American History (studium generale) (Magister Amerik., Angl./Amerik.; LA)
VL (2), SG Di 10-12 wöch. UL6, 1072 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Bibliography   (PDF)
•   Tutorium


52 623 Missing Mothers - Caring Fathers - Absent Parents?
Shifting Family Models in Recent Young Adult Fiction in the USA
HS (8) Di 14-16 wöch. DOR 24, 411 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


52 626 Reading as Navigating: Hyperfiction and the Nature of Narration in Digital Media
HS (8) Do 10-12 wöch. DOR 24, 411 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus & Bibliography   (PDF)


WS 2003/04

52 645 Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft USA I: Konzepte der amerikanischen Kultur
(B.A., 1. Sem. u.a.)
PS (8) Do 14-16 wöch. UL6, 2097 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus (Revised)   (PDF)
•   Tutorium


52 646 "What went ye out into the wilderness to see?":
Religion and American Self Perception Past and Present
PS (8) Di 10-12 wöch. DOR 24, 107 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus (Revised)   (PDF)


52 650 Promoting the Self:
Constructions of the Self and the Other in Early Texts in Colonial America
HS (8) Do 12-14 wöch. DOR 24, 309 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus (Revised)   (PDF)


52 651 Fiction as Re-Construction of History: The Civil War in American Literature
HS (8) Di 14-16 wöch. DOR 24, 205 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus (Revised)   (PDF)


SS 2003

52 654 Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte USA: Controversial Issues in American History
VL (2), SG Di 10-12 wöch. UL6, 1072 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Bibliography and Webliography   (PDF)
•   Tutorium


52 661 Constructions of Gender in American and Canadian Young Adult Literature
HS (8) Do 10-12 wöch. DOR 24, 411 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


WS 2002/03

52 629 Einführung in die Kulturwiss. USA I: Konzepte amerikanischer Kultur (studium generale)
PS (8) Do 14-16 wöch. UL6, 2097 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 638 What difference does difference make? Gender and/in Education
HS (8) Di 12-14 wöch. DOR 24, 507 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


SS 2002

52 651 "No Teacup Tragedies": Naturalism in American Literature
PS (8) Mi 10-12 wöch. UL 6, 3088 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)


52 653 Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte USA: Controversial Issues in American History
VL (2), SG Di 10-12 wöch. UL6, 1072 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus   (PDF)
•   Bibliography and Webliography   (PDF)
•   Tutorium


WS 2001/2002

52 596 Einführung in die Kulturwiss. USA I: Konzepte amerikanischer Kultur (studium generale)
PS (8) Do 14-16 wöch. UL6, 2097 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus


52 601 American Young Adult Literature and/in the Digital Culture
HS (8) Di 12-14 wöch. DOR 24, 513 R. Isensee

•   Course Description
•   Course Syllabus


SS 2001

Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte USA - Controversial Issues in American History
VL      SS 2001

New Media and American Culture: From the Age of Typography to the Second Media Age
PS      SS 2001

Deutsche, amerikanische und skandinavische Jugendkultur und Adoleszenzliteratur im Vergleich
HS      SS 2001
with Prof. R. Steinlein and Prof. B. Henningsen

SS 2000

Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte USA
VL      SS 2000

Cultural Contexts and Literary Texts of the Civil War
HS      SS 2000

WS 1999/2000

Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft I: Textinterpretationsverfahren der Moderne
PS      WS 1999/2000

Jugendbuch und Jugendbuchkritik in den USA
HS      WS 1999/2000

SS 1999

Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte der USA
VL      SS 1999

Educating America: Knowledge Production and Distribution in the U.S.
HS      SS 1999

WS 1998/1999

Einführung in die Sozial- und Ideengeschichte der USA
VL      WS 1998/1999

Media and Identity
HS      WS 1998/1999

WS 1997/1998

Representations of the  Self  and  Other  in the Adolescent Novel
PS      WS 1997/1998

Interpreting History: Political Conflicts and Cultural Contexts of the Civil War
PS      WS 1997/1998


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