610004 American Literature: The Sky’s the Limit: The American Myth of the Frontier
summer semester 2012 | Last update: 04.07.2012 | Place course on memo list610004
American Literature: The Sky’s the Limit: The American Myth of the Frontier
PS 2
5
weekly
each semester
English
To acquaint students with the concept of the frontier and its employment in American literature.
From the “howling, hideous” wilderness of Puritan times to the space age, the concept of the frontier has been an essential component of American culture and an often revisited topic of American literature. This course is intended to provide a theoretical and historical overview of the concept of the frontier via diverse discourses and perspectives, which course members will then apply to their respective primary works. Students will analyze sources taken from film and literature and explore the frontier in works by e.g. James Fenimore Cooper, Frederick Jackson Turner, James Dickey, Henry David Thoreau, Jim Jarmusch, Jon Krakauer, and several others.
Introduction to the topic, discussion, presentation of papers
Active participation, reading of theoretical texts, term paper (10-15 pages), presentation of papers in class
Provided at the beginning of the semester
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Mon 2012-03-05
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Mon 2012-03-12
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Mon 2012-03-19
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Mon 2012-03-26
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Mon 2012-04-16
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Mon 2012-04-23
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Mon 2012-05-07
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Mon 2012-05-14
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Mon 2012-05-21
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Mon 2012-06-04
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15.30 - 17.00 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2012-06-11
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15.30 - 17.00 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |
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Mon 2012-06-18
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Mon 2012-06-25
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15.30 - 17.00 | 40130 40130 | Barrier-free | |