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33372-01 - Lecture: Gender Roles/Masculinities in US-American Fiction (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2013 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The growth of interest in the critical study and theorizing of men and masculinities has, according to Jeff Hearn, derived from several, not always compatible, directions and traditions: "First, there have been various feminist critiques of men. Second, there have been critiques from (male) Gay Studies and Queer Studies. Third, there have been some men's specific and explicit responses to feminism." This lecture course seeks to familiarize students with recent theoretical concepts of Gender Studies from masculine perspectives (Theweleit, Connell, Kimmel, Hearn et al.) as well as with a re-reading of major US-American modernist and postmodernist fiction from these critical vantage points. Texts by, among others, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Auster, DeLillo, Ellis, McInerney, Eugenides, Roth, Irving, Lethem, Cole will generate fresh readings of male bravery, endurance, success, pain, failure and love. Cultural representations of masculinities will also include films (e.g. by Michael Mann, Kimberley Pierce) and TV-Series (from Mad Men to Hunger Games). |
| Bibliography | A READER will be available after the first week of the semester. |
| Comments | Mandatory for students wishing to participate in the PROSEMINAR "Gender Roles/Masculinities in US-American Modernist and Postmodernist Fiction" (33370-01) |
| Admission requirements | Open to all students |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Nordistik (Bachelor Studienfach: Nordische Philologie) Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Nordistik (MA) (Master Studienfach: Nordische Philologie) Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor Studienfach: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master Studienfach: Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2011)) 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) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Literaturtheorie (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft/Literary Studies/Etudes Littéraires) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) Vertiefungsmodul (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Final written Assessment; regular attendance and readings |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |