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VL American Literary and Cultural History, 20th Century (AE_VL20thC) [Import]- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Antje Kley
- Details
- Vorlesung
Online
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Zeit: Thu 12:15 - 13:45
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Die VL American Literary and Cultural History, 20th Century kann wie folgt verwendet werden:
L-GYM Englisch: "Optionsmodul L-GYM Literature" oder "Optionsmodul L-GYM Culture" (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature bzw. Culture) BA English and American Studies: "Hauptmodul B Literature" (ausgenommen Studienrichtung American Studies) MA North American Studies Mastermodul 6: "Überblicksmodul": VL inkl. Independent Study mit intensivem Lektüreprogramm MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card": VL inkl. Independent Study mit intensivem Lektüreprogramm MA Ethik der Textkulturen: M2, M3
- Contents
- This lecture offers a survey of 20th century American literature and culture, the so-called ‘American Century’. It will introduce significant selections from the diverse body of 20th century American writing from its modernist beginnings, via postmodernism and neorealism to the recent turn of the century. Through the lens of literary writing and other cultural products, we will study reflections on the US becoming a modern, hegemonic, and an increasingly fractured nation.
For MA students, the lecture is supplemented by a comprehensive reading program.
In order to receive credit for the lecture, all students take a 20 minute oral exam at the end of the semester (scheduled for Thursday August 1, 2019). For MA students the oral exam is based on three response papers they hand in during the semester (covering five texts from the reading list on five pages each).
- Recommended literature
- Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury, “Modernism in the American Grain,” From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature (New York: Penguin, 1992) 239-430.
Richard Gray, “Making It New: The Emergence of Modern American Literature,” A History of American Literature (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004) 336-552.
- Additional information
- Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: mein Campus
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2021:
- Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften II (KuK II)
- North America: Politics and Society (AM7)
- North American Studies (AM3b)
- Schwerpunktmodul Innereuropäische und globale Austauschprozesse I (IgA I)
- Überblicksmodul (Master Modul 6)
- Department: Chair of Modern German Literature (Prof. Dr. Lubkoll-Klotz)
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