Universität Wien

123224 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2013S)

Recent Southern Fiction

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Literary Seminar
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 13.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 20.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 10.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 17.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 08.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 15.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 22.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 29.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 05.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 12.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 19.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Mittwoch 26.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The aim of the seminar is to familiarize participants with topics and preoccupations of Southern writers from several subregions of the South, in particular Louisiana and West Virginia, representing different social and cultural backgrounds: White lower middle-class or upper-class people from the Tidewater, Appalachia or the Deep South and African Americans. The seminar will address various acute social problems in the South in the 20th century and problematical ways of dealing with them and with the burden of the past – in the judiciary, in the sphere of education, and through social engineering. It will also explore various crises in the private realm.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Seminar paper (20-25 pages), oral presentation, regular attendance and active class participation, two reports on sessions, final written test.

Attention: Theses for BA degrees need to comprise approx. 35 pages.

We will miss sessions in April; a make-up session will therefore be held on Saturday, May 25, in the morning.

A list of topics for seminar papers has been prepared and volunteers for the first sessions are invited to see me in my office hours or register with team members in the Canadian Studies Center.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Familiarizing the participants with recent trends in Southern fiction, rooted in subregions formerly less productive in literature.

Prüfungsstoff

Student presentations of research papers on the topics chosen, general discussion of the texts and their location in the literary tradition.

Literatur

Lee Smith. "Oral History." Berkley Trade: 2011. ISBN: 9780425245460.
Ernest Gaines. "A Lesson Before Dying." Serpent's Tail: 2001. ISBN: 9781852427238
Walker Percy. "The Thanatos Syndrome." St Martins Press: 1999. ISBN: 9780312243326
Josephine Humphreys. “The Fireman’s Fair.” Penguin USA: 1991. ISBN: 9780140168389

Copies of these books will be available, for instance, at Facultas am Campus.
A reserved shelf will be provided in the Departmental Library.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0375

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33