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Einrichtungen >> Fakultät Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften >> Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik >> Professur für Amerikanistik >>
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Exile in America: Historical and Literary Perspectives- Dozentinnen/Dozenten
- Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt, Prof. Dr. Sabine Freitag
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Modulstudium, Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Zeit und Ort: Blockveranstaltung 27.9.2024-4.10.2024 Mo-Fr, Sa, So, Raum n.V.; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: This course will take place as a block seminar in the Alps, Sept 27 Oct 04, 2024!
Vorbesprechung: 28.5.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, Raum U11/00.16
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
All modules including a specialization level seminar (Hauptseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- LA GY (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- MA English and American Studies (Seminar 4, 5, 6, or 8 ECTS)
- Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies (Seminar 8 ECTS)
- Erasmus and other visiting students (Seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)
>> Open for Consolidation Module literary studies and cultural studies!
Please note: This course will probably include a day trip to see the exhibition "American Dreams. A New Life in the USA" in Stuttgart in late May/early June 2024!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
This compact seminar welcomes English and History students. It offers a unique chance to study together and learn from each other in an affordable retreat in the French Alps (Haus Giersch, in Manigod).
Only limited places available, so sign up now by sending an email to [mailto:christine.gerhardt@uni-bamberg.de] or [mailto:sabine.freitag@uni-bamberg.de]!
There will be a 2-hour pre-meeting in May which all interested students need to attend, since all organizational questions will be addressed during that meeting.
The seminar will use German and English flexibly, as needed, so students should be at least somewhat confident in both languages.
Each participant will give a 20-minute presentation and write a final research paper (consolidation module: oral exam).
3. FlexNow-Registration:
Please register for this class by sending an E-mail to the instructor directly!
- Course (de)enrollment: March 11 April 30, 2024
- ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10 25, 2024
- Inhalt
- Much of US-American culture has been informed by histories of immigration. The impact of these global movements on American culture and its narratives can hardly be overestimated. On the one hand, the US has long prided itself to be able to absorb people, languages, and cultures from all over the world, and the supposedly egalitarian ideals of the Melting Pot (or Salad Bowl ) and the American Dream are inextricably linked to people s geographical mobility across national borders. On the other hand, the imperial notion that the US was destined to spread from Atlantic to Pacific, and the country s key involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and Native American relocations profoundly contradict idealizing notions of the US as nation of immigrants.
We will study formative moments in the history of American immigration, from the first arrival of European colonists to moments of mass immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries. Focusing on major waves of immigration from different parts of Europe, Asia, and South America, and related phenomena such as political exile, we will discuss how different forms of migratory unrest have shaped American culture. At the same time, we ll explore which role literature has played in negotiating the meanings of American immigration. Reading short stories from different contexts, we will ask: how do migration stories shape and critique ideas of the Melting Pot, the American Dream, or the Frontier? Which roles do family, food, education, or the natural world play in American immigration literature? How do constructions of race, ethnicity, gender, and class inflect these perspectives? And which formal and aesthetic features characterize America s immigration literature?
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Exile in America: Historical and Literary Perspectives
- Credits: 8
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 9
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