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Instructors: Univ. Prof. Dr. Winfried Herget
Event type:
hybrid: Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.522
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Registration group: AS 522
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Contents:
Extra-ordinary events (natural catastrophes, epidemics, political upheavals throughout the centuries have caused uneasiness and anxieties which triggered imaginary responses in the form of conspiracy myths that claim to reveal secret designs and machinations (plots) of some (evil) power. Examples in American culture include the Kennedy assassination, 9/11, and the recent corona pandemic.
Recommended reading list:
Texts to be discussed in the seminar:
Dashiell Hammett, “Nightmare Town,”
Thomas Pynchon, THE CRYING OF LOT 49,
Don DeLillo, LIBRA.
More recent visual representations will include the film series THE LOOSE CHANGE, and videos displaying the pandemic controversy.
Additional information:
Students are strongly urged to read DeLillo’s LIBRA before the seminar starts in November.
Digital teaching:
On-line sessions will use video conferencing. If possible, occasional small group in-class sessions will be held.
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