Survey of American Literature 2: Civil War to the Present
Vorlesung, 2 SWS
- Termin:
- Dienstag, 13:00 - 14:30 Uhr
- Beginn:
- 12.10.2021
- Ort:
- ABS/E04
Inhalt
This survey lecture course provides an overview of U.S. American literary history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It covers central literary periods and movements (such as realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism) and introduces students to select authors, various genres, salient themes, and narrative techniques. Taking an approach which assumes that literature does not merely mirror its respective time but co-constitutes an understanding of it, the lectures explore how literary texts generate knowledge about cultural differences and social inequalities, how they shape various U.S. American counter/publics and subjectivities, and how they reflect on the workings and potential effects of their own literariness.
Reading material for the course will be provided via OPAL and should be read in preparation of (i.e., before) the lectures when they will be discussed. Please bring the assigned texts to class.
Voraussetzungen
Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache
- Lehrende/Vortragende:
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Nachweise:
- Teilnahmebestätigung, 1 Cr.
- Ansprechpartner:
- Annett Knöspel
- E-Mail senden
- Einschreibeort:
- 8.10.21 ab 11 Uhr über OPAL