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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Univ.-Prof. i. R. Mag. Dr. Gudrun Grabher Univ.-Prof. i. R. Mag. Dr. Gudrun Grabher

610002

American Literary Studies + Reading List: Survey of American Literature

VO 2

7,5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

The lecture intends to give a broad survey of the development of American literature with an emphasis on major authors and their works.

The lecture is meant to provide an introduction to the development of American literature, starting with its beginnings in the colonial period and moving up to the present time. It will look at how and when the various literary genres began to develop and will discuss in more detail individual authors and their main works in their cultural and historical contexts. The lecture is combined with a required reading list.

Lecture

Oral

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en im BA: positive Beurteilung der Pflichtmodule 3 und 16 Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): Freie Wahlfächer
Beginn: 3.10.2012