05.866.122 Proseminar 122 American Studies: Gender and Ethnicity in American Literature and Culture

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Instructors: Nina Heydt

Event type: online: Proseminar

Displayed in timetable as: 05.866.122

Hours per week: 2

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | 45

Registration group: AS 122

Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie

Contents:
This survey course introduces students to images of gender and ethnicity in American literature from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Course readings include a variety of genres, such as speeches, short stories, and narratives that explore literary gender and ethnic identities. The main goal of this course is to familiarize students with representations of these socially constructed concepts and to analyze their significance in different pieces and periods of American literature. 

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Date From To Room Instructors
1 Mon, 12. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
2 Mon, 19. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
3 Mon, 26. Apr. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
4 Mon, 3. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
5 Mon, 10. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
6 Mon, 17. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
7 Mon, 31. May 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
8 Mon, 7. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
9 Mon, 14. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
10 Mon, 21. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
11 Mon, 28. Jun. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
12 Mon, 5. Jul. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
13 Mon, 12. Jul. 2021 12:15 13:45 Nina Heydt
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Nina Heydt