123031 IK Literature Survey 2 (2012S)
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max. 150 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
- Elisabeth Schober (Student Tutor)
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 14.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 21.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 28.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 18.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 25.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 02.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 09.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 16.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 23.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 30.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 06.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 13.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 20.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Wednesday 27.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture course aims at tracing the development of American perspectives through the content, style, and genres of American writings from the early colonial periods to the end of the 19th century. By using canonical and less canonical texts of the respective periods, the course attempts to approach the major political, social, and religious concerns of Puritan America, Colonial America, and pre-Civil War America, and the America of the Gilded Age. We will define the major elements of Puritanism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Unitarianism, and Transcendentalism and explain how these philosophies affected (early) American literature.
Assessment and permitted materials
Final written exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Survey of and introduction to North American literatures and cultures from the early beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century
Examination topics
Lecture course (slides, audio and video presentations)
Reading list
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A Norton Critical Edition (1999). Copies can be obtained at Facultas, Uni Campus, Hof 1.
Excerpts from other works by Winthrop, Franklin, Paine, Poe, Thoreau, Dickinson etc. will be provided in electronic format.
Excerpts from other works by Winthrop, Franklin, Paine, Poe, Thoreau, Dickinson etc. will be provided in electronic format.
Association in the course directory
Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, EC 125, EC 126;
Code/Modul: Diplom 303, 701, UF 3.3.3-303, BA08.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3030
Code/Modul: Diplom 303, 701, UF 3.3.3-303, BA08.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-3030
Last modified: We 09.09.2020 00:22