239662 Utopian Dystopia: Contemporary US-American Travel Literature (Cuba) (S) (SoSe 2012)

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The utopia of a classless and racially equal society on which the Castro régime had been grounding its internal governmental policies and external affairs strategy gradually crumbled down in the 1990s. Only some ninety miles to the North, the United States had been following a colonial policy towards Cuba, based on messianic metaphors and dystopian constructs. Censorship, distortion and the interrupted flow of information between the two countries turned Cuba into a completely foreign field for many US Americans travelling down south in the 1990s and in the early 21st century. Reality clashed with the fabricated images promoted both inside and outside the island. Bearing that in mind we’ll be following the journeys of several US travel writers to Cuba and attempt to bring clarity to the maze of contradictions that their writings reflect. Students can obtain up to 3 LP for oral presentation and regular essay writing.

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23-ANG-AngBM2 Basismodul 2: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies 2.2 Analyzing and Interpreting American Literary Texts Study requirement
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Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Kern- und Nebenfach BaAngPM5; BaAngPM6; BaAngPM10   2/3  
Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) BaAngBM5; BaAngPM6   2/3  
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) BaAngPM5; BaAngPM6; BaAngPM10   2/3  
Literaturwissenschaft / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Nebenfach BaLitP8   2/3  
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