230341 Make it new: American Romanticism and American Modernisms (S) (WiSe 2026/2027)

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There is an obligatory excursion to the Martha Herford Museum, Saturday Oct 24 2026 from 11 am to 4 pm. We will visit the " Frank Gehry and the Los Angeles Cool exhibit " about the interrelation between art and architecture and the Feris Gallery of avant-garde arts at Martha Herford. The visit will be accompanied by a workshop. Students will be given tasks on our first meeting October 20.

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The seminar will start with a visit to the Martha Herford museum in Herford. We will take a look at the exhibition Frank Gehry and the Los Angeles Cool.

This seminar explores the concept of making it new as propelling force to define and redefine American literary and artistic discourse in literary and artistic production from 19th century American Romanticism and 20th century American modernisms. Students will be expected to bring short written responses to each one of the primary texts the day of class. We will conduct close readings of the literary texts and contextualize them historically. Authors to be read will include Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Edgar A. Poe, R.W. Emerson, Langston Hughes, Charlotte Gilman Perkins, Zora Neale Hurston, Ezra Pound, HD, among others. We will also look at art and photography among others.

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Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
weekly Di 16-18   20.10.2026-05.02.2027
one-time Sa 11-16   24.10.2026 Excursion to the Martha Herford Museum

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Module Course Requirements  
23-ANG-M-HM3 Main Module 3: NorthAmerican Literatures and the Processes of Culture HM 3.1 NorthAmerican Literatures in Context 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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seminar (S) / 2
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This lecture is taught in english
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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