Universität Wien
Course Exam

123210 VO Literatures in English (2011W)

Writing America: U.S. Literature from the Revolutionary Period to Modernism

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

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Examination topics

Interactive presentations of important developments in American literature with close readings of representative texts as well as analyses of the cultural context (mainly in the form of PowerPoint presentations to be made available on Moodle after the session).

Assessment and permitted materials

Reading assignments; final exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course wants to familiarize participants with representative writers, works, literary movements, and cultural concepts in American literature from the 1770s to the 1920s, that is from the American Revolution to Modernism.

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