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123042 PS Literary Studies / Proseminar Literature (2018W)

American Modernisms

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 09.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 16.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 23.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 30.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 06.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 13.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 20.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 27.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 04.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 11.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 08.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 15.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 22.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Dienstag 29.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This class explores the literatures of U.S. American modernism, with a particular focus on texts written between the First and Second World Wars. We will look at selected novels, drama, and poetry of this period and trace how literary texts negotiated the challenges posed by technological modernization and consumer capitalism; urbanization, regionalism and internationalism; shifting concepts of race, gender, and sexuality; as well as by the (spiritual) wounds of wartime experiences. We will put a special focus on changing conceptions of time and space, as well as history, and explore such ideas as time-space compression, nostalgia, simultaneity, teleology, or progress. We will explore how writers such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Nella Larsen, or William Faulkner (and others) challenged established literary form and experimented with new modes of writing; a particular focus will be on literary cultures such as the African American Harlem Renaissance or the interwar expat scene in Paris.

Throughout the course, we will also be concerned with questions of literary theory and method, as well as paper writing skills.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance (max. 2 absences), active participation in class, expert session, paper proposal and annotated bibliography, proseminar paper

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Active class participation (10%)
Expert session (15%)
Paper proposal and annotated bibliography (15%)
Proseminar paper (60%)

You need to complete all requirements to complete the course. The overall grading scheme is (1): 100-91%, (2): 90-81%, (3): 80-71%, (4): 70-61%, (5): 60-0%.

Prüfungsstoff

n/a

Literatur

You need to buy/borrow the following books:

Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (please get the Penguin Classics edition)
William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! (please get the Vintage Classics edition)
Nella Larsen, Passing (please get the Penguin Classics edition)

Additional readings will be provided on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33