ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK

manifested on various levels, economically by the breakdown of the studio system and the
breakthrough of independent production, aesthetically by the innovative use of the medium
that a new generation of filmmakers (Scorsese, Coppola, Altman, Spielberg) brought to the
screen, ideologically by the committed and occasionally daring critique of American politics
in plenty of films. For all its innovations, ‘New Hollywood’ also paved the way for the
mainstream cinema of today when its creative potential petered out in the late 1970s. We will
watch and analyze some of the most popular and some of the more obscure examples of this
transitional period in American cinema, with respect to the socio-cultural contexts of civil
rights movement, Vietnam War, and counter-culture.
maximum participants: 20
Canadian Northern Development (Hauptseminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Peter Kulchyski
This course will begin with a look at the arctic and subarctic environments before turning to
description of indigenous cultures of these regions in Canada. The course will then turn to the
history of colonialism and decolonization in northern Canada, and, finally, an examination of
contemporary developments and conflicts. The emphasis will be on the Yukon, Northwest
and Nunavut territories. Particular events that will be discussed include the gold rush in the
Yukon, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline proposals of the mid seventies and today, and issues
around global warming in Nunavut. Contemporary indigenous community life among Dene
and Inuit will also be a focus of concern in the course.
maximum participants: 25
Aboriginal Cultures and Cultural Politics in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002081
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Peter Kulchyski
This course will look at the place of Aboriginal peoples in the cultural history of Canada. In
the first hundred years of Canadian history, Aboriginal peoples were culturally ‘excluded’
from the national project, through art practice such as that of the Group of Seven constructing
a notion of empty wilderness, through to the historical and anthropological writings of Harold
Innis and Diamond Jenness in the 1930s. Beginning in the seventies a cultural shift takes
place, in which Aboriginal culture become ‘appropriated’ for the national project, though with
equally problematic results for indigenous communities and artistic practitioners. The course
will draw on examples from visual arts, literature, popular culture, performing arts and film.
maximum participants: 25
Kolloquium für B.A. und Examenskandidat/inn/en (Kolloquium) 4002099
1 SWS letztes Semester Mi 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Dieses Kolloquium ist obligatorisch für alle B.A.-, M.A.-, Magister- und Lehramts-
Studierenden, die im Sommersemester 2010 bzw. im Herbst 2010 ihren Studienabschluss in
Amerikanistik/Kanadistik anstreben, und die sich bei Prof. Lutz als Erstgutachter von
Abschlussarbeiten, als Klausurthemensteller und/oder als mündlicher Prüfer anmelden
wollen oder bereits in der Sprechstunde angemeldet haben. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es,
Prüfungsängste abzubauen und Vernetzungen der Kandidat(inn)en untereinander zu
ermöglichen, indem wir uns mittels konkreter Beispiele mit den Prüfungsabläufen vertraut
machen, Thesenblätter diskutieren und sinnvolle Formen der Vorbereitung diskutieren.
Anstatt dies in Einzelgesprächen in Sprechstunden immer wieder abzuspulen, ist es
sinnvoller, dass wir dies gemeinsam tun und allen betroffenen Examenskandidat(inn)en
ermöglichen, sich gegenseitig in Lerngruppen zu stützen.
maximum participants: 20
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