230443 American Authors, Periods and Genres (S) (SoSe 2020)

In this course, we will make a journey through the history of US-American literature in the course of which we will encounter and discuss three influential/canonical American writers such as Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway and Philip Roth. During our course, we will discuss not only selected works by the aforementioned writers, but also talk about different (literary) periods and genres.

Texts:

Cramer, Jeffrey S., ed. The Portable Emerson. New York: Penguin: 2014.
(e.g., "Self-Reliance," "The American Scholar")

Moon, Michael, ed. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. New York, London: Norton, 2002.
(e.g., "Song of Myself")

Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time [1925/1930] New York: Scribner, 2003.

Philip Roth, The Human Stain [2000] London: Vintage, 2016.

Other material will be made accessible or provided in class. Participants are expected to read the texts in advance.