Sexualities and sexual acts as narrative devices have enjoyed a high status in literature throughout history and across cultures; what is fluctuating is an era’s, culture’s or society’s attitude to sex and the resulting connotations expressed in fiction. Sex as a literary trope can have multifaceted narrative functions: from aesthetics to symbolic action, from porn to power plays.
In this seminar we will study and discuss a chosen range of US-American literary texts from the early 20th to early 21st century. We will seek to conceptualize sex as a vehicle for narrative strategies and intentions depending on literary modes, cultural backgrounds and gender perspectives.
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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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| HM 3.2. Research Paradigms and Research Projects in Northamerican Studies | Study requirement
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| 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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| 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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| 23-LIT-M-LitAM4 Aufbau-Modul II: Fachphilologische Vertiefung Amerikanistik | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| Lehrveranstaltung 3 | Graded examination
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| 23-LIT-M-LitINT Intensivierung | Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Study requirement
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| Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 2 | Study requirement
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| Aufbaumodul Lehrveranstaltung 3 | Study requirement
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| 30-MGS-4 Hauptmodul 3: Arbeit und gesellschaftliche Transformationen | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| Seminar 2 | Study requirement
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