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On the Move: (Cultural) Mobility in North America- Lecturer
- Dr. Katharina Gerund
- Details
- Hauptseminar
, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Wed 18:15 - 19:45, C 301
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das Hauptseminar gehört in den folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:
MA North American Studies - Culture and Literature: Modul 4,5,7 oder 8 MA The Americas/Las Américas: Modul 4
MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell: Module 4,5,7 und 8
BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A Literature oder Culture. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II)
Für BA-Studierende ist an diesen Kurs auch eine "Independent Study Group" angeschlossen.
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature)
Alte Studiengänge (Studienbeginn vor WS 07/08): Hauptstudium. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung)
- Contents
- The United States particularly is often regarded a country of unlimited mobility or a "nation on the move;" (cultural) mobility in North America however frequently transgresses national boundaries. In this class, we will discuss selected US-American and Canadian texts from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries which negotiate mobility in and beyond the US. We will especially focus on road narratives, political and autobiographical writings by African American fugitives, and literature which focuses on issues of (im)migration. Taken together these case studies represent various phenomena of mobility: legal and illegal border crossings, geographical and social mobility, cultural transfer and intercultural exchange. Our analyses of the primary materials will be guided by theoretical texts on mobility studies, cultural mobility, and cultural exchange.
Please buy the following books in advance:
Alvarez, Julia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents. 1991. London: Bloomsbury, 2004.
Brand, Dionne. What We All Long For. 2005. New York: ThomasDunne/St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008.
All other texts and materials will be made available on StudOn.
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2013/2014:
- Amerikanistik, Modul 8 E
- Amerikanistik, Modul 9 D
- Department: Chair of American Studies
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