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Golden Door: Italian Perspectives on the USA and Vice Versa (PS Cultural Studies)- Dozent/in
- Dr. Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben
- Proseminar
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale
Zeit und Ort: Fr 14:00 - 16:00, U5/02.18
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft, Ergänzungsmodul & freie Erweiterung (Studienbeginn ab WS 14/15): Seminar (6 ECTS)
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/Berufliche Bildung: Basis- / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (6ECTS)
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (6 ECTS)
LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (6 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (6 ECTS)
2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
- active participation
- presentation
- term-paper according to the style-sheet and the respective module handbook
3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
- An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 18.7. - 17.10.
- An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: tba
Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.
Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.
Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/
- Inhalt
- The United States are often described as a nation of immigrants, the 'golden door' to the West, a land in which people from all over the world have sought – and apparently found – new homes and new lives. However, the myth of the Promised Land and the cultural narrative of the American Dream are as much exclusive as they are inclusive, thus encouraging new beginnings and personal aspirations, but also breaking individuals and their hopes and dreams.
In the first part of the semester, the course centers on American ideals and realities as seen from an Italian immigrant perspective. We will be looking at how Italian immigrants and their descendants participated and still participate in the creation of core American values and narratives, and influenced debates about inclusion of newcomers into the Promised Land.
In the second half of the class we will then take a look at the influence of Italy on the writing of past and present US-American writers, such as Emerson, Tennessee Williams and Elizabeth Spencer. Italy seems to have had and still plays a special role in American Literature, where especially Rome is everything at once: ancient playground, great peak of the grand tour, self-imposed exile, and unsettling mirror of existentialist anxieties.
This course has two key goals, which are related to "history from below" and the "development of a myth". First, this course seeks to help students interrogate their own notions of American history, literature and culture. Immigrants are neither the helpless victims, nor are they agents of pure individualism. To help students understand the many layers of the stories of migration, and how they are entwined with one aspect of American history in particular, shall be one objective of this class. The second goal is to show the gradual emancipation of popular narratives and how the ideas of the Promised Land and the American Dream become ideal or real against a particular ethnic background: Italian immigrants and their descendants in the US.
To understand the American fascination with Italy, we will do a lot of reading, speaking, thinking and possibly even traveling. Our main reading material will consist of several novels, which are listed below. Students are encouraged to start reading the novels before the semester! More material will then be provided via the VC during the semester.
Required reading October - December 2016:
- Pietro di Donato, Christ in Concrete (1939)
- Mario Puzo, The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965) OR Stuart Cooper's movie "Mama Lucia" (1988, available in the "Semesterapparat"!)
- Helen Barolino, Umbertina (1979)
Required reading January - February 2017:
- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (1929)
- Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone (1950)
This class will include a field trip to Rome (Italy), which will take place in the end of February or the beginning of March. Participants will receive generous funding from the American Studies Section and will be expected to contribute to the field trip with a presentation on site.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 6
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Professur für Amerikanistik
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