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Instructors: Univ. Prof. Dr. Winfried Herget
Event type:
Advanced seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.523
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Contents:
Walt Whitman must be considered one of the most important American poets. He extended the range of poetry beyond the conventions of the 19th century by celebrating the body (as equal to the soul) and aiming for a democratic poetics, rooted in rhetorical forms and oral performance.
The seminar will focus on his “Song of Myself” and analyze the possible meanings of “Leaves of Grass”. In addition, Whitman’s essays on democracy and the function of literature in democratic societies will be considered. Finally, his impact on the literature and the arts of the 20th century will be discussed (esp. the reasons why certain modernists rejected him, while the beat poets considered him a forefather).
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