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21758-01 - Seminar: From Private to Public: Letter Writing in American Literature (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2009 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Franziska Gygax (franziska.gygax@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Letter writing has always played a crucial role in literary practices and in the age of e-mail it has even gained more prominence although the new medium has transformed the social transactions between writer and reader. Whether we read an e-mail letter or a letter in a novel the letter exchange is always embedded in specific cultural and social conditions, and often complex notions of desire are at work. In this course we will deal with a selection of twentieth-century American novels that incorporate letters in various ways or can be read as letters. In addition we will discuss the theoretical conditions of epistolary practices (e.g. absence/presence) and explore the meanings of the textual possibilities of letters. Apart from the (epistolary) novels we will also read letters by prominent American authors like Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| Lernziele | Students will be introduced to the traditions of epistolarity, to contemporary debates of the genre, and to representative texts. |
| Literatur | - Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita" (Penguin); - Alice Walker, "The Color Purple" (Harcourt Brace); - Ana Castillo, "The Mixquiahuala Letters" (Anchor); - Jonathan Safran Foer, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Penguin) Books are on order at Labyrinth. Additional texts will be available on EVA. |
| Weblink | Will be announced. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Open to students students who have completed their 2nd year (including the paper) in Literature and Culture Studies. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please register via e-mail to franziska.gygax(a)unibas.ch prior to the first meeting. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul English & American Literature (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Regular attendance, active participation, group presentation |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Englisches Seminar |