Feb 9th – 12th: wrap-up MOON

Mo, Feb 9th:

• all the groups’  papers about the MOON chapters + “Three Men in Search of  Their Identity” (Julian Barber, Solomon Barber, Marco Stanley Fogg)
• handout “connectors” and exercises
• handout “close-up on adjectives” ==> worth learning/doing the exercises individually, perhaps instead of next week’s Monday-grammar lesson which we skip as I won’t be in  :-(

Wed, Feb 11th:

Edison & Tesla (Andreas/Daniel) – progress

Arts and the West (Maren/Anke H.)

Lewis and Clark expedition >>more

google.com: images “Utah”, “American West”

Thurs, Feb 12th [bring in "MOON"]:

 In groups/pairs without me, results to be presented next week Wednesday, the day before the Klausur

• the American Frontier –> connection to Destiny, Kennedy, etc.
• Paul Auster: biography and works with reference to MOON >>more
• post-modern novels: what’s typical of them, is MOON one?
• narrative technique of MOON >>glimpse [who actually narrates?] (handout)
• spots on American history and MOON ==> American self-image (handout)
• Abraham Lincoln, the US, Obama & more (SZ  15. + 22. 1. 2009)
• “Neuanfang ist das Leitmotiv der amerikanischen Geschichte” –> MOON, Obama & the American self-image [SZ 22-01-2009]

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