230016 Hospitality and Hostility: Checking Out the Hotel in Anglophone Literature and Film (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)

This class will deal with a variety of visual and literary representations of the hotel, predominantly from the North American and British cultural contexts. We will investigate the aesthetic function of the hotel as a setting as well as its meanings as a space of transitions, confrontations, and encounters between strangers, and in doing so will unravel the social, cultural, and ideological significance of these representations.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

Notwendige Voraussetzungen: Anglistik FsB vom 15.11.2023 (Einschreibung ab SoSe 2023)
Vor dem Besuch der Veranstaltungen in den Profilmodulen muss der Language Proficiency Test (23-ANG-Basis1) bestanden sein. Im Master of Education gilt diese Voraussetzung mit dem erfolgreichen Masterzugang als erbracht.

Literaturangaben

Literature and additional material, if not otherwise indicated, will be made available on Moodle.