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PS Writing the Nation in the 21st Century- Lecturer
- Stephen Koetzing, M.A.
- Details
- Proseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies
Bachelor, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Fri 10:15 - 11:45, C 601
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- BA American Studies:
Zwischenmodul II Economics, Linguistics, History, Geography, Literature/Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: bestandene GOP)Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien:
Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature: (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literature) Lehramt Englisch an Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen:
Zwischenmodul L-UF Literature. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Elementarmodul Literature)
- Contents
- From political tractates, manifestos, and legal documents to newspaper articles and essays to novels, poems and plays: The United States have been and continue to be (re-)assessed, (re-)imagined, and (re-)appropriated via a broad range of texts from many different perspectives. In this seminar, we will look at some 21st-century examples to scrutinize how the U.S. as a nation is being (re-)written after the end of the so-called American Century. How do these texts construct the United States, what is their take on the ‘American Project’? What other (earlier) texts and ideas do they revisit and to what ends? What importance do major historical events like 9/11 and the Third Gulf War have? These and other questions will occupy us throughout the semester.
- Recommended literature
- Please acquire and read:
DeLillo, Don. Point Omega. London: Picador, 2010.
Waldman, Amy. The Submission. London: Windmill, 2012.
All other materials will be available on StudOn or in class.
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Department: Chair of American Studies (Prof. Dr. Paul)
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