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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Arno Heller Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Arno Heller

610015

Family in American Drama and Film

PS 2

3,5

wöch.

keine Angabe

Englisch

The U.S. is number one in its belief in the importance of the family and of family life; at the same time the divorce rate is the highest in the world and the dilemma of the family, its crisis, decline or even disruption are analyzed in hundreds of sociological or psychological investigations. Not surprisingly, therefore, family conflicts have also been at the center of a great number of plays and films. The course will start out from a socio-cultural definition of the state of the family in American society and then investigate a number of specific problems on the basis of selected works.

Reading of the texts and viewing of the films, participation in class and group discussion, a 12-page paper in English, a 2-3 page handout, the presentation of a paper in class (20 minutes), two tutorial appointments with the course leader.

written and oral

Plays by Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Lorraine Hansberry, Marsha Norman and others. Films: _American Beauty_ and _The Ice Storm_.

Students must have passed the "Introduction to American Literature and Culture" to attend this course
Beginn: 12. März 2008