Lehrende/r: Dr. Frank Obenland
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Anmeldegruppe: AS 313
Inhalt: The captivity narrative is one of the seminal and popular genres in early American literature. Mostly written by European settlers as autobiographical documents on their "captivity" with indigenous people, these narratives have served the purpose of disseminating and justifying ideological projects of exploration and settlement. More recently, however, critics have begun to understand these documents as important sources for studying cross-cultural encounters and contact. In addition to such critical understandings of the captivity narrative, students will also explore the development of the captivity narrative in changing historical contexts. This includes considering the American captivity narrative in the context of European exploration and settlement in the American hemisphere and beyond.
Empfohlene Literatur: Students participating in this class will be expected to be familiar with examples of early American captivity narratives, for example by Mary Rowlandson. A reader with additional and primary and secondary texts will be made available on ILIAS at the beginning of the semester.
