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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 (mit Leseliste): The American Novel in Cultural Context I: From the Beginnings to 1900

VO 2

7,5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

The lecture intends to give a survey of the development of the American novel from its beginnings to the end of the 19th century with an emphasis on its cultural context.

The lecture will give an introduction to the development of the literary genre of the novel in the USA and cover a survey from its beginnings in the late 18th century to the end of the 19th century. The focus will be on themes and style as well as on the features that define American identity. Major novels will be discussed in detail and placed in their cultural context. The reading of approx. 10 novels will be required.

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Anmeldungsvoraussetzung/en im MA: keine Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): 1. Abschnitt: VO2: American Literature and Culture 2. Abschnitt: VO2: American Literature/Culture (mit Leseliste) Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): VO2: American Literature and Culture (mit Leseliste)
Beginn: 11.10.2011