123250 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) American/North American (2014W)
Redefining American Spaces: 19th-Century American Literary Landscapes
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 08.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 12.09.2014 18:00
- Registration is open from Tu 23.09.2014 00:00 to Th 25.09.2014 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
13.10.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
20.10.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
27.10.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
03.11.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
10.11.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
17.11.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
24.11.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
01.12.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
15.12.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
12.01.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
19.01.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday
26.01.
18:00 - 20:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will provide an interactive overview of dominant themes in nineteenth-century American literature, with particular attention to representations and constructions of landscape. With political independence, and after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, space became a central category of defining the new nation, both as political territory and as an arena of cultural identity. By looking at the development of literary approaches to the American landscape throughout the nineteenth century, we will explore all kinds of spaces (urban, rural, gendered, western, mythical, and utopian) and see them in relation to their literary-historical periods (of Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism). Writers to be addressed include Emerson, Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Bryant, Jewett, Bierce, London, and Crane, among others.
Assessment and permitted materials
active participation; in-class presentation, final written exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This interactive course will familiarize students both with an overview of nineteenth-century American literature and with detailed knowledge of some of the most canonical writing of the United States at this time. In addition, the course will enable students to practically apply their theoretical knowledge on analyzing literary texts.
Examination topics
Interactive discussions in class, team work, creative writing and performance tasks, presentations
Reading list
A reader of all relevant texts will be available from Copy-Studio in late September. (n.b.: Most texts are included in the Norton Anthology of American Literature).
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0267
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325, MA5, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0267
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