Syllabus/achievement requirements

Theses

  • Hvattum, Elisabeth Hveem. Ethnic and Religious Identity: The American Lutheran Church in Oslo. Hovedoppgave, University of Oslo, Spring 2003. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-8652.
  • L?vdal, Hilde. Faith and Feminism: Evangelicalism, Feminism, and the Culture Wars in the USA, 1970s to the Present. MA thesis, University of Oslo, Spring 2006. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-14315
  • Tenden, Per Aubrey. Male imitations : a look at gender performance and the representation of masculinity in The O.C. MA Thesis, University of Oslo, 2007.

 

Available online:

  • Jahr, Ida Marie. Better Not Sleep Under Water: A Comparison of Two Norwegian Films and Their American Remakes. MA Thesis, University of Oslo, Spring 2005. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-11310
  • Johannessen, Guro Stenvoll. Perspectives on the Defense of Nature: Environmental Coalition Building in Alaska MA Thesis, University of Oslo, 2008.
  • Johnsen, Tor Erik, Agricultural Policies and the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. MA Thesis, University of Oslo, 2009. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-22967
  • Weaver, Kristin. Arab Americans and Segmented Assimilation: Looking Beyond the Theory to the Reality in the Detroit Metro Area. MA Thesis, University of Oslo, Fall 2010. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28995 (Clickable for full text).

 

Theory and MethodKompendium

 

  • Jan Radway, “What’s in a Name?” in The Future of American Studies. Donald Pease & Robyn Wiegman, eds. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press), 45-75.
  • Charles Bright & Michael Geyer, “Where in the World is America?” in Rethinking American History in a Global Age, Thomas Bender, ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 63-99.
  • Rob Kroes, “American Empire and Cultural Imperialism: A View from the Receiving End” in Rethinking American History in a Global Age, Thomas Bender, ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 295-313.
  • David W. Noble, extract from Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002), xxiii-xlvi, 1-37.
  • Seymour Martin Lipset, American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword (New York: W.W. Norton, 1996), 1-10.

 

Online:

  • Bruce Kuklick, “Myth and Symbol in American Studies,” American Quarterly 24:4 (Oct 1972) pp. 435-450.? Gene Wise, “’Paradigm Dramas’ In American Studies: A Cultural And Institutional History Of The Movement,” American Quarterly 31:3 (Sept 1979) p293-337.
  • Robert F. Berkhofer, “A New Context for a New American Studies?” American Quarterly 41:4 (Dec 1989) 588-613.
  • Alice Kessler-Harris, “Cultural Locations: Positioning American Studies in the Great Debate,” American Quarterly 44:3 (Sep 1992) 299-312.
  • Maurizio Vaudagna, “American History at Home and Abroad,” Journal of American History, Dec94, Vol. 81 Issue 3, p1157-1168.
  • Halttunen, Karen, ”Groundwork: American Studies in Place—Presidential Address to the American Studies Association, November 4, 2005” American Quarterly, 58:1 (March 2006) 1-15.
  • Philip J. Deloria, “Broadway and Main: Crossroads, Ghost Roads, and Paths to an American Studies Future,” American Quarterly 61:1 (March 2009) 1-25.

 

Historiography: Online: (Use America: History and Life to access online articles)

  • Barbara Welter: "The Cult of True Womanhood, 1820-1860," American Quarterly, 1966. 18, 151-174.
  • Roberts, Mary Louise L. “True Womanhood Revisited.” Journal of Women’s History 14:1 (2002) 150-155. And other re-examinations of Welter – to be found through America: History and Life.
  • Gerda Lerner, “New Appraches to the Study of Women in American History,” Journal of Social History 3:1 (Autumn 1969) 53-62.
  • Darlene Clark Hine, "Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South": Twenty Years After, The Journal of African American History, Vol. 92, No. 1, Women, Slavery, and Historical Research (Winter, 2007), pp. 13-21.

 

Fronter:

  • Deborah Gray White, “Female Slaves: Sex roles and Status in the Antebellum Plantation South,” in Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen Carol DuBois, Unequal Sisters: A Multi-Cultural Reader in U.S. Women’s History 2nd Ed. (NY: Routledge, 1994) 20-31.

 

Class handouts and exercises? Types of texts ? Sources ? Turning Topics into Research Questions ? Annotated Bibliography ? Book Reviews ? Research Prospectus ? Paraphrasing ? Ethics

Practical/ReferenceOn Fronter:

  • Kitchen-D?derlein, Deborah. Writing a Successful Thesis. Draft, 2011.

 

Essential Reference Books/pamphlets:Kompendia Utsalg:

  • Dorothy Burton Sk?rdal, Rules for Writing English: A Practical Handbook for Students and Teachers of English in Norway (Available through Kompendia Utsalg at Akademika)

 

Buy:

  • A good dictionary: (Webster’s New Collegiate is preferable, but others will suffice if you are unable to get Webster’s – though they are often better for British English, than American. It is often considerably cheaper to buy this on Amazon than to buy Oxford at Akademika, according to other students.)
  • Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 5th edition (Bedford/St. Martins, 2006).

 

Also excellent: ? James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr., Writing Research Papers (available in Akademika in the English section). See especially the chapter on plagiarism.

Writing Assistance:

For help in planning, drafting and revising your texts, see the various sections withing the following website: Here (It even gives you a fairly accurate international description of what it takes to get certain grades. Although there is no E in their system, you can estimate from this chart, just how poor the writing is for an E.)

Note that this site also includes information on plagiarism and proper use of references in order to avoid plagiarizing.

See the following for the university policy regarding plagiarism:Here Note that this policy applies to all types of sources – textbooks, lectures, and internet sources. It also applies equally to qualifying assignments and exams. You are responsible for knowing how to quote and cite sources properly. We will address some of the issues involved during class. Should you need additional instruction in this area, I am happy to help during office hours.

Reference format: In this field, we use the Chicago Style. Turabian is a somewhat simplified form of Chicago style and hence is also acceptable. In the website above from the University of Toronto, this style is found under their heading: Traditional Endnotes or Footnotes with Superscript Numbers(Humanities)

 

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