The second half of the twentieth century showed several new developments in the study of autobiography and biography and began to recognize these fields in academic research. Especially James Olney’s publication Autobiography: Essays Theoretical and Critical in 1980 expanded the canon to include and investigate other or new forms of life writing and since then the interdisciplinary study of life writing has experienced a boom, increasingly turning to expressions of selves by women, as well as postcolonial migrants and ethnic minorities. These and other developments have led and are continuously leading the field to be transformed in regard to definition, methodology and nature.
In this seminar we will discuss some of the recent developments in the field of life writing, whereas a special focus will be put on the close reading and discussion of a selection of life-writing texts in the Americas in regard to aspects of migration, mobility, and identity. In order to obtain a Studienleistung or a grade, students will need to do an oral presentation and several writing assignments.
Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum | |
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wöchentlich | Do | 16-18 | X-E0-215 | 07.04.-18.07.2014
nicht am: 01.05.14 / 29.05.14 / 19.06.14 |
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Modul | Veranstaltung | Leistungen | |
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23-ANG-AngPM3 Profilmodul 3: American Studies | PM 3. 3 US American Literatures and Media | Studienleistung
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngPM5; BaAngPM6 | 2/3 | |||
Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM5; BaAngPM6 | 2/3 | ||||
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM5; BaAngPM6 | 2/3 |