230582 Reading Against the Grain: The Great American Novel (BS) (SoSe 2019)
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Timeless classics, canonic texts, masterpieces - the literary landscape is dotted with terms that imply eternal superiority, that the quality of such works must never be challenged. But what about aspects represented in those texts that are very much subject to change, that most be questioned and controversially debated in a contemporary setting? White supremacy in Gone with the Wind, the representation of women as objects in The Great Gatsby, Huckleberry Finn and the n-word are only a few cases in point in this regard.
In this class we will read a selection of US-American literary classics against the grain and see how they bear the scrutiny of a 21st-century critical reader.
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| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| block | Block | 10-16 | X-E0-210 | 22.-26.07.2019 |
Subject assignments
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 23-ANG-M-HM3 Hauptmodul 3: NorthAmerican Literatures and the Processes of Culture | HM 3.1 NorthAmerican Literatures in Context | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture | Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. I | Study requirement
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| Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. II | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-IAS-M-IAS6 Advanced Studies of Literatures and Cultures of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de literaturas y culturas de las Américas | NorthAmerican Literatures in Context | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information |
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- Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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