610008 Frontier: Experience, Myth, and Fantasy

Wintersemester 2002/2003 | Stand: 07.06.2002 LV auf Merkliste setzen
Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Arno Heller Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Arno Heller
610008
Frontier: Experience, Myth, and Fantasy
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This seminar will trace the topos of the "American Frontier" through a number of discourses and perspectives.
New Historicism, New Regionalism
Reading of the texts and viewing of the films in class; participation in class discussions, an 18-20 page paper and a 2-3 page handout. 15 minutes presentation in class; two appointments with the course leader.
written and oral
Annette Kolodny: The Land Before Her; Patricia Nelson Limerick: The Legacy of Conquest; Krista Comer: Lancscapes of the New West.
Beginn: 9.10.2002
Mi 17.00-18.30, 40204