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Module number (link to module description)	Module title	Module coordinator	ECTS credits for module
82-008-L-ANG45-V-H-0922	Literary and Cultural History I: American Studies	Temmen, Jens	5
82-008-L-ANG33-V-H-0512	Literary and Cultural History I: American Literature	Temmen, Jens	5

Course no.: Exam no.:	82-008-L-ANG45-V-S-SE-0922.20261.001
Course title: Exam title:	Literary and Cultural History I: The Myths that Made America: An Introduction to American Studies
Kategorie:	seminar (on-campus)
Language of lesson:	Englisch
Date:	4/15/2026 - 7/17/2026
Organizer:	Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lecturer: Examiner:	Broich, Maxine
Exam type:	end-of-semester examination
Exam mode:	Mündliche Abschlussprüfung (Einzelprüfung)
Max. number of participants:	28 unlimited
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Content/topics:	This seminar explores the foundational myths and cultural narratives that have shaped the United States, including the myth of ‘discovery’, American exceptionalism, the self-made man, the melting pot, and evolving notions of freedom. Through examining the historical development of these core ideas, students will acquire a critical understanding of key debates in American Studies and will be able to apply them to examples across times and media, ranging from the Salem Witch trials to Disney’s representation of Pocahontas, the musical Hamilton as well as examples from current American political rhetoric. This class takes its title from Heike Paul’s -The Myths that Made America-, which will serve as a central text, alongside Neil Campbell and Alasdair Kean’s -American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture- and -Jill Lepore’s These Truths: A History of the United States-.
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Date / Time	Room	Lecturer
Wed 15.04.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 22.04.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 29.04.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 06.05.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 13.05.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 20.05.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 27.05.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 03.06.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 10.06.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 17.06.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 24.06.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 01.07.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 08.07.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine
Wed 15.07.2026 16:30 - 6:00 PM	UA-136	Broich, Maxine