American Literature and the Public Sphere since 1945 [AE_HSPublic]

Dozent/in:

Antje Kley

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mo, 16:15 - 17:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Das Hauptseminar kann wie folgt verwendet werden:

• MA North American Studies - Culture and Literature: Modul 7,8

• MA The Americas / Las Américas: Modul 3b,4

• MA Literaturstudien - intermedial und interkulturell: Modul 4,5,7,8

• MA Ethik der Textkulturen: M3, M4

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature)

• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A mit begleitender Independent Study Group

• MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card" mit begleitendem Kurs
  

Inhalt:

This online seminar invites students to explore concepts and manifestations of the public sphere and to consider how the publication and discussion of literary writing participates in the formation of public opinion. Based on revisions of Jürgen Habermas’ historical description of the public sphere by Nancy Fraser, Seyla Benhabib and others, the seminar will focus on four prominent cases to study the dynamics of the literary system (the discursive and institutional contexts and conditions for publication including the publishing industry, education, the media landscape and the marketplace) in the second half of the twentieth century and into the present. These are Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” (1955) and the scandal it caused, Toni Morrison’s highly acclaimed iconic novel Beloved (1987), Suzanne Collins’ globally best selling dystopian novel The Hunger Games (2008) and Amanda Gorman’s recent inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb” (2021). The case studies provide occasion for contextualized close readings and will serve as starting points for a more general exploration of the ways in which literature matters.

Empfohlene Literatur:

• Allen Ginsberg. Howl and Other Poems. City Lights Pocket Poet Series. 1956; Woolf Haus, 2020.

• Toni Morrison. Beloved. 1987; Vintage, 2016.

• Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games. Vol. 1. Scholastic, 2008.

HS Contemporary Writing by North American Women [AE_HSContW]

Dozent/in:

Harald Zapf

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mi, 14:15 - 15:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Das Mittelseminar/Hauptseminar Literature gehört in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature)

• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A

Für BA-Studierende ist an diesen Kurs eine Independent Study Group angeschlossen.

Das Hauptseminar gehört in folgenden Masterstudiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:

• MA North American Studies - Culture and Literature: Aufbau- und Vertiefungsmodule

• MA The Americas/Las Américas: Module 3b,4,7

• MA Literaturstudien - intermedial und interkulturell: Module 4,5,7,8

Inhalt:

We are going to analyze half a dozen much-talked-about and highly acclaimed books - all of them published in 2019/20 and written by North American women born in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Jamaica, and Spain: Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt, Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive, Ann Patchett's The Dutch House, Claudia Rankine's Just Us, and Lisa Taddeo's Three Women. What kinds of books are these? What can we say about them within the frameworks of poetics and hermeneutics? Why are they (considered) great, exceptional, praiseworthy, unputdownable, interesting, important, controversial, ...?

Empfohlene Literatur:

• Michael W. Clune, A Defense of Judgment

• Rita Felski, Hooked: Art and Attachment
  

HS Race and Racism in US Popular Culture [AE_HSRace]

Dozent/in:

Katharina Gerund

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzugehörigkeit:

• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II)

• MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature (4) Aufbaumodul Cultural Studies (7) Vertiefungsmodul Cultural Studies

• MA The Americas/Las Américas: Modul 4

Inhalt:

In this seminar, we will critically examine structural racism in/and the US entertainment business and discuss the construction of racialized identities in popular cultural venues. Drawing on critical race theory and recent scholarship on structural racism, we will analyze a range of (contemporary) cultural texts with an eye to their representational politics, their genealogies, and the specific contexts of their production and reception.
Our discussions will revolve around examples of the entertainment sector’s systematic racism as well as recent challenges to and critiques of these exclusionary structures (e.g. #OscarsSoWhite); they will probe the relationship between popular culture and activism (e.g. with regard to BLM, its support by pop stars and athletes, and its representations on screen); and they will explore the (de)constructions of race and racism in various popular cultural genres and formats (incl. music videos, TV shows, Hollywood blockbusters as well as documentaries and public intellectual discourse).

This seminar is an interdisciplinary BAA-seminar and organized in collaboration with LMU Munich and U Passau. It includes a two-day student conference on July 23 and 24, 2021 that will either be held at the BAA in Munich or remotely.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All readings will be available via StudOn.

HS The Myth of the American West in US Culture [AE_HSWest]

Dozent/in:

Klaus Lösch

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS

Termine:

Di, 14:15 - 15:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Zugehörigkeit zu den Modulen:

• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) 

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) 

• MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature (4) Aufbaumodul Cultural Studies (7) Vertiefungsmodul Cultural Studies 

• MA The Americas / Las Américas: Modul 3b,4

• MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card": Wie Aufbaumodul, mit begleitendem Kurs

Für die BA-Studierenden ist an diesen Kurs eine Independent Study Group angeschlossen.

Inhalt:

The myth of the American West figures prominently in hegemonic narratives of US nation building and constructions of Americanness, in which terms such as pioneer, trailblazer, and frontier abound. In the cultural imaginary of the U.S. the West has been variously conceptualized as virgin land, open space, safety valve, wilderness (to be turned into a garden), or as the birthplace of a specifically American character. From an indigenous perspective, however, the West and the westward expansion refer to a violent history of dispossession, attempted genocide, and forced assimilation.
In this seminar we will analyze various representations of the West and its multiethnic populace in American literature and popular culture since the 18th century. In order to develop appropriate analytical tools, we will discuss concepts such as settler colonialism, othering, wilderness, savagism, frontier, manifest destiny, ethnocide, rugged masculinity, and going native. Case studies include autobiographical texts, (dime) novels, graphic novels, paintings, photography, performances, popular music, TV series, and film (classical and revisionist).

Empfohlene Literatur:

Caroline Matilda Kirkland, A New Home - Who'll Follow?; Or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) (a version is available online)
Charles Portis, True Grit (1968)
Gerald Vizenor, Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles (1990)
Shorter texts will be made available on StudOn.

MAS Readings in (American) Literary Studies [AE_MAAmLit]

Dozent/in:

Harald Zapf

Angaben:

Masterseminar, 2 SWS, Master

Termine:

Mi, 16:15 - 17:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzugehörigkeit:

• MA North American Studies – Culture and Literature: Aufbaumodul Literary Studies

• MA The Americas/Las Américas: Modul 4, North America: Culture and Literature
  

Inhalt:

This seminar focuses on particular aspects of North American literary criticism and theory. It builds on the North American Literary Studies course from the winter semester and enlarges the students' understanding of issues discussed there.

Empfohlene Literatur:

The course material will be available in FAU-libraries.

MAS Readings in North American Cultural Studies [AE_MAAmCult]

Dozent/in:

Klaus Lösch

Angaben:

Masterseminar, 1 SWS, Master

Termine:

Di, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzugehörigkeit

• MA North American Studies: Aufbaumodul Cultural Studies (Master Modul 4)

• MA Literaturstudien - intermedial und interkulturell: Amerikanistik, Modul A (M 4)

• MA English Studies: Aufbaumodul Cultural Studies (Master Modul 4)

• MA The Americas/Las Américas: North America: Culture and Literature (AM4)

• MA The Americas/Las Américas: North American Studies (AM3b)

Inhalt:

This course is the follow up to the class North American Cultural Studies (winter term); it focuses on selected issues in contemporary Cultural Studies and on the application of theoretical approaches to individual case studies.

Empfohlene Literatur:

The texts will be made available on StudOn.

VL American Literary and Cultural History, 20th Century [AE_VL20thC]

Dozent/in:

Antje Kley

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS

Termine:

Do, 12:15 - 13:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Die VL American Literary and Cultural History, 20th Century kann wie folgt verwendet werden:

• L-GYM Englisch: "Optionsmodul L-GYM Literature" oder "Optionsmodul L-GYM Culture" (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature bzw. Culture)

• BA English and American Studies: "Hauptmodul B Literature" (ausgenommen Studienrichtung American Studies)

• MA North American Studies Mastermodul 6: "Überblicksmodul": VL inkl. Independent Study mit intensivem Lektüreprogramm

• MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card": VL inkl. Independent Study mit intensivem Lektüreprogramm

• MA Ethik der Textkulturen: M2, M3

Inhalt:

This lecture offers a survey of 20th century American literature and culture, the so-called ‘American Century’. It will introduce significant selections from the diverse body of 20th century American writing from its modernist beginnings, via postmodernism and neorealism to the recent turn of the century. Through the lens of literary writing and other cultural products, we will study reflections on the US becoming a modern, hegemonic, and an increasingly fractured nation.
For MA students, the lecture is supplemented by a comprehensive reading program.
In order to receive credit for the lecture, all students take a 20 minute oral exam at the end of the semester (scheduled for Thursday August 1, 2019). For MA students the oral exam is based on three response papers they hand in during the semester (covering five texts from the reading list on five pages each).

Empfohlene Literatur:

• Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury, “Modernism in the American Grain,” From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature (New York: Penguin, 1992) 239-430.

• Richard Gray, “Making It New: The Emergence of Modern American Literature,” A History of American Literature (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004) 336-552.
  

Lingüística del corpus aplicada al Corpus del Español Público en Cuba [HS/MS span. Sprachwiss.]

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Silke Jansen, Sonja Higuera del Moral

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, nur Fachstudium, LAFV, Master, LAG Spanisch; MA Romanistik; MA Linguistik; Modul 6c im MA The Americas/Las Américas

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.
Dieser Kurs wird in digitaler Form durchgeführt. Bitte melden Sie sich bis 29.3. auf StudOn für diesen Kurs an

Dokufiktionales Erzählen in Literatur und Film [HS/MS span. Lit.wiss.]

Dozent/in:

Sabine Friedrich

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, nur Fachstudium, LAFV, Master, MA Las Américas (Módulo 5; Módulo 6c)

Termine:

Fr, 8:30 - 10:00, Raum n.V.
Die Veranstaltung wird in digitaler Form durchgeführt, synchron über Zoom. Anmeldung bitte auf StudOn!

Inhalt:

In dem Seminar werden wir uns mit aktuellen hybriden Formaten im Bereich der Literatur und des Films beschäftigen, in denen die Grenzen zwischen Fiktionalität und Faktualität gezielt verunklart werden.

Obras autobiográficas y autoficcionales de escritoras latinoamericanas en contextos de migración [HS span. Lit.wiss.]

Dozent/in:

Hanna Knapp

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, nur Fachstudium, LAFV, Master, MA Las Américas (Módulo 5; Módulo 6c); MA Romanistik; MA Literaturstudien; LAG: 7./8. Semester; Freier Bereich LAG

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.
Dieser Kurs wird in digitaler Form durchgeführt. Para inscribirse enviar un mensaje a mailto:knapp.hanna@fau.de

Projektmodul MA The Americas/Las Américas

Dozent/in:

Silke Jansen

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, ECTS: 5, Master, MA The Americas/Las Américas (Módulo 9)

Termine:

siehe auch / also see: "Praktikum im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts VIOLIN"

Inhalt:

Organización: El módulo, que puede cursarse una vez que se hayan aprobado los módulos 1, 4 y 5, implica la realización de un proyecto vinculado con las Américas, con América latina, con América del Norte o con uno de los países de la región, a realizarse en Alemania o en un país americano. El proyecto puede consistir p.ej. en una práctica en una institución, organización o empresa vinculada con el área de estudios, o en la participación activa en un congreso, coloquio, conferencias o otro eventos de caracter científico, a partir del cual se desarrolle un proyecto de investigación.

Para aprobar el módulo es necesario presentar un informe de las actividades realizadas según lo establece la descripción correspondiente en el plan de estudios (Projektbericht). La propuesta de trabajo para el proyecto deberá ser aprobada previamente; para ello los/las estudiantes del MA The Americas/Las Américas que cursen el Módulo 9 en el semestre de verano deberán ponerse en contacto con la profesora Dra. Silke Jansen a más tardar a comienzos del semestre enviando un mensaje a mailto:silke.jansen@fau.de