Lehrende/r: Dr. habil. Clemens Spahr
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: S Lit.N-Amerikas
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
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Wartelistenquote: 50%
Inhalt: This seminar explores the aesthetic, philosophical, and political dimensions of literary Modernism. Since Modernism was a movement that was not limited to one particular nation, but rather cosmopolitan in its outlook, and can thus be understood only in its transatlantic context, we will read texts from both sides of the Atlantic, even though a strong focus will be put on the American variety of Modernism. Texts include novels by Virginia Woolf, John Dos Passos, and Jean Toomer. We will also read a variety of Modernist poets and a number of theoretical texts which testify to the enduring legacy of Modernist Literature.
Empfohlene Literatur: Students are expected to purchase and read the following texts until the beginning of the semester:John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer. New York: Mariner, 2003. ISBN 0618381864.Jean Toomer, Cane. New York: Liveright, 1994. ISBN 0871401517.Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse. London: Penguin, 2000, ISBN 0141183411.Further Preparatory Reading:Peter Childs. Modernism. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2008.Malcolm Bradbury; James McFarlane. Modernism : A Guide to European Literature, 1890 - 1930. London: Penguin, 1991.A reader with additional plays, poems, and theoretical texts will be provided at the beginning of the semester.
