Survey of American Literature I: Beginnings to Civil War
Vorlesung, 2 SWS
- Termin:
- Montag, 14:50 - 16:20 Uhr
- Beginn:
- 09.04.2018
- Ort:
- W48 / 001 / U
Inhalt
This lecture will provide a survey of American literary history from its colonial beginnings to the Civil War. It will discuss important themes, modes, and genres that characterize American literature through the middle of the 19th century, and the literary periods into which it has been organized. In the course of this survey, we will explore the – partly very different, partly continuous – ways in which texts across these periods define 'Americanness,' in which they approach human nature and social differences, and the ideas about the role and operations of literature that they reflect.
Voraussetzungen
Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache
- Lehrende/Vortragende:
- Frau Prof. Dr. Katja Kanzler
- Nachweise:
- Teilnahmebestätigung, 1 Cr.
- Ansprechpartner:
- Frau Prof. Köhler
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