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VL North American Literary Studies
- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Ulf Schulenberg
- Details
- Vorlesung
2 cred.h, ECTS studies
LAFV, Magister, Master, Bachelor, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 8:15 - 9:45, KH 1.016
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Die VL North American Literary Studies kann wie folgt verwendet werden:
L-GYM Englisch (neu): "Optionsmodul L-GYM Literature" (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature)
BA English and American Studies (neu): "Hauptmodul B Literature" (ausgenommen Studienrichtung American Studies)
MA North American Studies
Mastermodul 2: "Grundlagenmodul Literary Studies": VL plus Kurs
- Contents
- This lecture gives an overview of the development of literary studies in the US from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Elucidating the changes as far as the understanding of American literature and the function of literary studies are concerned, the lecture also seeks to give an advanced introduction to literary theory. We will start with attempts to define the special character of American literature, then we will discuss theoretical approaches such as the New Criticism, structuralism, poststructuralism, African American literary criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The lecture is supplemented by an Übung in which students are offered the opportunity to discuss a broad range of texts from the history of North American poetics and literary studies.
The module closes with a 20 minutes oral exam.
- Recommended literature
- Vincent B. Leitch, American Literary Criticism Since the 1930s (New York: Routledge, 2010).
Julian Wolfreys (ed.), Modern North American Criticism and Theory: A Critical Guide (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2006).
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 40
Registration is required for this lecture. Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2016/2017:
- Amerikanistik, Modul 8 A (M 8)
- Grundlagenmodul Literary Studies (Master Modul 2)
- North American Studies (AM3b)
- Department: Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Kley)
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