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North American Studies: Culture and Literature (Master of Arts) >>
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HS The American Romance- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Ulf Schulenberg
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies
nur Fachstudium, LAFV, LAFN, Magister, Master, Bachelor, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Wed 16:00 - 18:00, KH 1.012
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das HS Literature kann wie folgt verwendet werden:
L-GYM Englisch (neu): "Hauptmodul L-Gym Literature" BA English and American Studies (neu): "Hauptmodul A Literature" mit begleitender Independent Study Group (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) BA American Studies: "Hauptmodul A Literature/Culture" mit begleitender Independent Study Group (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) MA North American Studies - Culture and Literature:
Mastermodul 8: "Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies": HS mit begleitender Independent Study MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card": Wie Aufbaumodul, mit begleitendem Kurs
- Contents
- The romance is a highly complex literary genre. And it is a typically American genre. There are many differences between the romance and the (European) novel. In the “Custom-House Preface” in The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tries to specify the main characteristics of the romance. He underlines, for instance, that the romance also depicts supernatural events. In this course, we will discuss the historical development of the American romance. Furthermore, we will seek to clarify why this genre still seems attractive in the 21st century. We will read the following romances:
Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland, or, The Transformation
James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
- Recommended literature
- Richard Gray, A History of American Literature (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004), ch. 2: “Inventing Americas: The Making of American Literature, 1800-1865,” 100-244.
- Additional information
- Expected participants: 30, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 30
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: CASSY Erlangen
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2015/2016:
- Amerikanistik, Modul 8 E (M 8)
- Amerikanistik, Modul 9 E (M 9)
- North America: Culture and Literature (AM4)
- North American Studies (AM3b)
- Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies (Master Modul 8)
- Department: Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Kley)
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