Universität Wien

123421 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2014W)

Modern Women Writers from the American South

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

An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

A Saturday session on Dec. 13 at 9,30 a.m. is anticipated to make up for two sessions which may be missed in November.

  • Mittwoch 08.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 15.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 22.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 29.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 05.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 12.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 19.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 03.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 10.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Samstag 13.12. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 17.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 07.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 14.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 21.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 28.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Women writers have made a major contribution to the literary output and the prominence of the American South in modern US literature. The seminar will analyze short and long fiction by major literary voices from various parts of the South, taking into account the distinct regional cultures. It will explore issues of race and class and will focus on the importance of family and marital relationships and trace shifts in the role of women in Southern society.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Seminar paper (20-22 pages), oral presentation, regular attendance and active class participation, two written reports on sessions of up to two pages each, final written test.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The aim of this seminar is to acquaint students with fiction, novels and short stories by women writers from the American South composed since World War II.

Prüfungsstoff

Student presentations of research papers on the topics chosen, general discussion of the texts and their location in the tradition of Southern literature and in the changes the region has seen since the 1950s.

Literatur

The texts chosen range from a novel by Eudora Welty (The Optimist's Daughter) and stories by Elizabeth Spencer (from MS) through short fiction by African American writer Alice Walker (from GA) and a novel by Lee Smith (originally from the Piedmont sub-region of Virginia), to fiction by Bobbie Ann Mason and, possibly, by Barbara Kingsolver (from the former border state of Kentucky).
A Reader with a number of short stories will supplement the novels chosen for the seminar. It is available at Copystudio, Schwarzspanierstraße. Editions of Welty's 'The Optimist's Daughter' and Smith's 'Family Linen' are available at Facultas (Campus).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA5, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0406

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33