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In this seminar, we will set out to discover a somewhat mysterious country situated at the "edge of the world": So close and yet so far from the West Island (Australia), New Zealand is a (comparatively) small and remote but all the more fascinating strip of land in the South Pacific. Once having set foot there, foreign students, tourists and all of the other visitors seem to be readily infatuated with the New Zealand landscape, history and culture. It goes without saying that these aspects are closely related to the people who live there and so we are also going to examine what it actually means to be and speak Kiwi to provide for a sound basis for our exciting journey to the other side of the world. Please note that this course is heavily reliant on your thorough preparation of the materials provided as well as your in-class participation. We will draw on all sorts of (contemporary) texts as well as visual, acoustic and real-life material to render our approach to New Zealand as authentic as possible. Further course and assessment details as well as additional information on required readings will be supplied in the first session. |
