Universität Wien

123425 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA American/North American Lit./Studies (2015S)

Expatriates and Returnees in North American Narratives

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

The course will also offer seminar participants the opportunity to attend lectures given by scholars from North America and several European countries at the international interdisciplinary conference on “Exiles, Returnees and their Impact in Austria and Central Europe”, which will take place in Vienna from April 24- 26, 2015.
Attendance at three relevant talks will also be used to make up for one, possibly two sessions which will have to be canceled in May.

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

  • Mittwoch 11.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 18.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 25.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 15.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 22.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 29.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 06.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 13.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 20.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 27.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 03.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 10.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 17.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Mittwoch 24.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The seminar will deal with narratives of the experiences of North American expatriates in continental Europe or of travelers from the western hemisphere returning to central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. It will consider little known stories by such accomplished fiction writers as Henry James, whose interest in the ‘international theme’ engendered several major novels and tales (cf. The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors; “Daisy Miller”), and stories by his - once very popular -fellow -writer Bret Harte, set in Central Europe and involving journeys across national borders. The participants in the seminar will also study 'Dodsworth', a novel by the first US American Nobel Prize laureate, Sinclair Lewis, which offers a modern counterpart of the traditional “grand tour”. They will also analyze texts mirroring the imaginative return of the Austrian refugee Heinrich /Henry Kreisel, eventually a well-known Canadian writer and academic, to his native city.

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 North American fiction reflecting transatlantic experiences but also hetero-stereotypes of countries visited and nations encountered, which are mediated by the fictional characters (and possibly by their authors). It will also make them familiar with the changes in international relations before 1900, in the interwar years and after World War Two.

Prüfungsstoff

Student presentations of research papers on the topics chosen, general discussion of the texts and their location in the tradition of the "grand tour" and "the international novel" and the changes in cross-cultural perceptions.

Literatur

The stories to be analyzed are accessible in a Reader to be acquired at Copy Studio aafter the beginning of February. Details about the editions of the two novels on the program Sinclair Lewis's Dodsworth and Henry Kreisel's The Rich Man :
Copies of Kreisel's novel will be available at Facultas on Campus, for instance, copies of Lewis' novel should be ordered individually, for instance through Amazon.

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