FB 6 Mathematik/Informatik/Physik

Institut für Mathematik


Navigation und Suche der Universität Osnabrück


Hauptinhalt

Topinformationen

Personen

Writing Rights in U.S. Literature

7.110203

Dozenten

Beschreibung

This course will trace the argument made most insistingly by James Dawes, namely, that U.S.-American literature and culture was and still is essentially shaped by the concern with rights. Using Dawes's extensive argument as a guiding line, we will discuss in more detail his thesis "that the human rights novel, just like the mystery novel or the novel of manners, exists as a form that affects both reader and writer expectations." We will do so by looking closely at some literary examples, including the following texts:

Michael Ondaatje _ Anil's Ghost
Chris Abani _The Secret History of Las Vegas
Edwidge Dantikat _Krik?Krak!_
(please make sure that you have obtained a copy of all three texts before the course starts!)

Students will be asked to read and prepare all assigned material for class discussions, sometimes in online group sessions.
A full list of readings (primary and secondary) will be presented with the final schedule in the opening session of the course.

Weitere Angaben

Ort: 41/B12
Zeiten: Di. 16:00 - 18:00 (wöchentlich)
Erster Termin: Dienstag, 02.04.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Ort: 41/B12
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)

Studienbereiche

  • Interdisziplinäre Studiengänge > Literatur und Kultur in Europa > Modul 2: Nationale Literatur und Kultur A
  • Interdisziplinäre Studiengänge > Literatur und Kultur in Europa > Modul 5: Transnationale Literaturen und Kulturen in Europa
  • Interdisziplinäre Studiengänge > Literatur und Kultur in Europa > Modul 6: Spezialisierung und Professionalisierung
  • Anglistik; Englisch > Kulturwissenschaft > Master
  • Language and Literary Studies
  • Anglistik; Englisch > Literaturwissenschaft > Master