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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

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American Literature and Culture: New American Narratives: Legal and Medical

SE 2

7,5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

The goal of the seminar will be for students to understand the significance of literary narratives for the scholarly fields of law and of medicine, and, by analyzing individual texts, to place the narrative content within the context of anthropological, sociological, psychological, philosophical, etc., concerns.

Within the context of the teaching and research units "Law and the Humanities" and "Medical Narratives," the literary "narrative" plays an important role. The seminar seeks to theoretically (and narratologically) investigate the role that such narratives play, as well as to analyze such narratives in regard to contents, technique, and message. Examples of such narratives will be novels and short stories dealing with legal issues, such as the death penalty, moral decisions, the jury system, etc., as well as writings about medical issues, such as pain, disease, death, disabilities, disfigurement, etc.

General introduction to the topic, presentation of papers, discussion

Presentation of papers in class, written papers, participation in class

At the beginning of the semester

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en im MA: keine Anmeldungsvoraussetzung im Diplom- und Lehramtsstudium: Abgeschlossener 1. Abschnitt Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): SE2: American Literature/Culture Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): SE2: American Literature and Culture
Beginn: 13.3.2012