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28840-01 - Seminar: Modernist American Prose and Poetry (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Philipp Schweighauser (ph.schweighauser@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This BA seminar invites you to an intense engagement with a moment in the history of U.S. literature that the modernist writer John Dos Passos called “an explosion ... that had an influence in its sphere comparable with that of the October revolution in social organization and politics.” The links Dos Passos establishes between the literary and the social will be at the center of our course as we analyze the ways in which literary modernisms negotiate, affirm, critique, and intervene in the debates, conflicts and processes that constitute modernity (industrialization, WW I, urbanization, growing ethnic diversity, women’s rights movements, and so on). We will take a close look at different forms of modernist prose and poetry and immerse ourselves in some of the critical debates surrounding the meaning, forms, and politics of modernist writing. We will be focusing on two different but related traditions of American modernism: that of Anglo-American modernism and the African-American modernism of the Harlem Renaissance. You are expected to purchase and read the following two representative texts from each tradition before the beginning of the semester: John Dos Passos’s "Manhattan Transfer" and Zora Neale Hurston’s "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Additional poems (by T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, and others) and critical texts will be made available on ADAM. |
| Lernziele | Through an in-depth study of a variety of modernist texts, you gain a deeper understanding of the interplay between the forms of literary texts and the social and political issues they address. |
| Literatur | John Dos Passos's "Manhattan Transfer" and Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" need to be purchased and read in preparation of the semester. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This course is open to students of English who have passed all three BA introductory modules (including the proseminar paper in literature). Max. 25 students. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please register on services.unibas.ch. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10.15-12.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Dienstag 16.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 23.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 30.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 07.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 14.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 21.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 28.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 04.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 11.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 18.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 25.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 02.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 09.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Dienstag 16.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Module |
Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | regular attendance, active participation, weekly readings |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |