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| 52 575 | Bodies and Images: Questions of Representation in Visual Culture | ||||
| SE | Mo | 12-14 | wöch. | DOR 24, 2.102 | E. Haschemi / S. Strick |
"Every picture is a picture of the body," claims art historian James Elkins. On the other hand, it is precisely the lack of bodily corporeality that constitutes a picture. This tension between bodies and images evokes questions, which aim at the core concepts of contemporary visual culture. The seminar will focus on the representations of bodies as gendered, raced and sexualized, while following two assumptions: 1. Bodies are only visible as culturally specific images - We will discuss, how the order of visual representation shapes bodies into these images and how its conventions have changed throughout media history. 2. A body is always more than an image - In a critical vain, we will look for the resources that bodies can install against representation and discursive power. These issues will be discussed focusing on examples from contemporary film (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Terminator, or The Crying Game) and selected pieces from postmodern performative art (e.g. Orlan). By addressing this intricate quan-dary, the seminar will serve as a critical introduction to some key concepts in Gender and Cultural Studies (Representa-tion, Intelligibility, Performativity, Materiality), as well as an introduction to the techniques of media analysis. Film screenings take place on Mondays, 10-12h, before the seminar and are not required classes. The films, however, must be seen by all participants to ensure lively discussion! Instruction in English. Teamteaching: Elahe Haschemi Yekani and Simon Strick (eli.haschemi@rz.hu-berlin.de and simonstrick@web.de) Required reading:
Beginn: 23.10.06 (Zusätzliche Termine Mo 10-12 für Filmsichtung folgen.) | |||||
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| 52 576 | In Szene gesetzte Künstler- und Autorschaft: Vom Künstlerroman zum Autor-Künstler | ||||
| SE | Mo | 9-12 | 14-täg. | DOR 24, Medienraum | S. Neuenfeldt / A. Tacke |
In unserem Seminar möchten wir die Inszenierung von KünstlerInnen in der deutschen und anglo-amerikanischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte in den Blick nehmen. Wir werden unsere Untersuchungen in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts ansetzen (Entstehung des Geniebegriffs & des Künstlerromans) und unterschiedliche Genres und Medien bis in die Gegenwart hinein abschreiten. Dabei werden wir der Frage nachgehen, welche Funktio-nen die jeweiligen Genres und Medien für die Inszenierung von KünstlerInnen erfüllen und in welchem Verhältnis sie zu der in-Szene-gesetzten Künstler- und Autorschaft stehen. Darüber hinaus möchten wir die Frage diskutieren, welche Rolle die Kategorie Geschlecht bei diesen Inszenierungen spielt. (Vgl. Gender & Genie), zumal der Zugang zu bestimmten Kunstformen immer auch abhängig ist von den vorherr-schenden Geschlechterverhältnissen, ebenso wie Kunstformen Geschlechterverhältnisse strukturieren und organisieren. Literatur: Schmidt, Jochen. Die Geschichte des Genie-Gedankens, Heidelberg 2004; Klaiber, Isabell. Gender und Genie. Künstlerkonzeptionen in der amerikanischen Erzählliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts, Trier 2004; Bronfen, Elisabeth. Diva. Eine Geschichte der Bewunderung, München 2002. KünstlerInnen: James Joyce, Jackson Pollock, Truman Capote, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein/Picasso, Tamara de Lempicka, Elfriede Jelinek u.a. Anmeldung erwünscht unter lysan7@web.de; A.Tacke1@gmx.de Beginn: 16.10.06 | |||||
Bitte beachten Sie die Einbindung der sprachpraktischen Lehrveranstaltungen (Sprachpraxis-Module 1-4) in die entsprechenden Fachmodule.
| 52 589 | Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft | ||||
| VL | Mo | 14-16 | wöch. | UL 6, 3038 | R. Isensee |
| 52 591 | American Literary History I: Beginnings to World War I | ||||
| VL | Mi | 14-15 | wöch. | UL 6, 3094/96 | E. Boesenberg |
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| PS | Do | 14-16 | 14-täg. | (2) BE 1, 44/46 | E. Boesenberg |
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| PS | Fr | 08-10 | 14-täg. (2) | UL 6, 1072 | M. Heide |
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Die Teilnahme an der Überblicksvorlesung (in engl. Sprache) ist verbunden mit der Mitarbeit an einem der drei parallel angebotenen Proseminare, in denen ausgewählte Texte diskutiert werden (Beteiligung an einem Kurzrefe-rat). Die ausgewählten Texte werden in einem Reader zusammengestellt, soweit sie nicht in der Shorter Norton Anthology of American Literature (7tth edition) enthalten sind. Der Erwerb dieser Anthologie ist unverzichtbare Vor-aussetzung für ein Studium der amerikanischen Literatur. | |||||
Bitte tragen Sie sich in eine der ab Mitte September am Info-Brett Amerikanistik (gegenüber R. 2010) aushängenden Listen ein. Achten Sie dabei auf die Einteilung entsprechend der BA - Studiengänge und auf das Datum für die 1. Veranstaltung Ihres Begleitseminars.
| 52 592 | Einführung in die amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft | ||||
| SE | Mo oder: | 12-14 | wöch. | UL 6, 1070 | S. Ozretic-Klaas |
| SE | Mo | 16-18 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 343 | S. Ozretic-Klaas |
Ziel des Seminars ist es, in die vielfältigen Aspekte der amerikanischen Kultur(en) sowie in die Möglichkeiten und Probleme ihrer Analyse und wissenschaftlichen Repräsentation in den American (Culture) Studies, Wo-men's Studies und African-American Studies einzuführen. Anhand ausgewählter Texte sollen zentrale Vorstellungen des kulturellen Selbstverständnisses der USA (Puritan Errand, American Liberalism, American Dream) sowie einzelne Kulturkonzepte (national character; religious, regional, ethnic, racial and gender differences) im Kontext ihrer historischen und sozialen Bedingungen diskutiert werden. Beginn: 23.10.06 | |||||
| 52 593 | Cultural Trauma in American Literature | ||||
| PS | Fr | 10-12 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 343 | M. Wachholz |
How do nations deal with their collective traumas and what role does and can literature play in this? These questions will be explored examplarily by analyzing literary representations of traumatic events in American history: the genocide of the native peoples of North America, slavery, the Civil War as well as the wars of the 20th century in which the US partici-pated or which it started. For this, a selection of short stories and (possibly) one novel will be read. The seminar's second purpose is to arrive at a more precise and deeper understanding of the notion of trauma as a concept which, originally deriving from psychology and especially psychoanalysis, has enriched the interpretative activi-ties of scholars of literature and culture. Several introductory texts which seek to define "trauma" and elabo-rate on the theoretical implications of its currently widespread use in cultural analysis will also be read. The course material will be made available in a reader at the beginning of the semester. Requirements: regular atten-dance, active class participation, one oral report and one research paper (BA: 5 to 6 pages; MA/Lehramt: 12 to 15 pages). Beginn: 20.10.06 | |||||
Oder:
| 52 594 | In Szene gesetzte Künstler- und Autorschaft: Vom Künstlerroman zum Autor-Künstler | ||||
| SE | Mo | 9-12 | 14-täg. | DOR 24, Medienraum | S. Neuenfeldt / A. Tacke |
In unserem Seminar möchten wir die Inszenierung von KünstlerInnen in der deutschen und anglo-amerikanischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte in den Blick nehmen. Wir werden unsere Untersuchungen in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts ansetzen (Entstehung des Geniebegriffs & des Künstlerromans) und unterschiedliche Genres und Medien bis in die Gegenwart hinein abschreiten. Dabei werden wir der Frage nachgehen, welche Funktio-nen die jeweiligen Genres und Medien für die Inszenierung von KünstlerInnen erfüllen und in welchem Verhältnis sie zu der in-Szene-gesetzten Künstler- und Autorschaft stehen. Darüber hinaus möchten wir die Frage diskutieren, welche Rolle die Kategorie Geschlecht bei diesen Inszenierungen spielt. (Vgl. Gender & Genie), zumal der Zugang zu bestimmten Kunstformen immer auch abhängig ist von den vorherr-schenden Geschlechterverhältnissen, ebenso wie Kunstformen Geschlechterverhältnisse strukturieren und organisieren. Literatur: Schmidt, Jochen. Die Geschichte des Genie-Gedankens, Heidelberg 2004; Klaiber, Isabell. Gender und Genie. Künstlerkonzeptionen in der amerikanischen Erzählliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts, Trier 2004; Bronfen, Elisabeth. Diva. Eine Geschichte der Bewunderung, München 2002. KünstlerInnen: James Joyce, Jackson Pollock, Truman Capote, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein/Picasso, Tamara de Lempicka, Elfriede Jelinek u.a. Anmeldung erwünscht unter lysan7@web.de; A.Tacke1@gmx.de Beginn: 16.10.06 | |||||
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| 00 000 | Magical Realism and Contemporary American Women Writers | ||||
| PS | Do | 10-12 | wöch. | DOR 24, 1.501 | M. Lysik |
Though many critics argue that Magical Realism is a narrative mode specific to Latin American context, I want to suggest that the mode, as employed by American women writers, is a part of cultural and literary continuum, modified and enriched with the unique American reality of multiculturalism and migrations. The mode can be characterized via its aesthetics and its politics, and can aptly illustrate anti-colonial and feminist agendas, which will constitute one of the primary interests of this course. The course will introduce the students to the magical realist literary tradition beyond the familiar Cien años de soledad and The House of the Spirits. We will read a variety of theoretical texts by e.g. Wendy Farris, Frederick Luis Aldama, Maggie Ann Bowers, William Spindler, Brenda Cooper and others. Their theories will procure a framework for discussing literary works by such authors as Toni Morrison, Ana Castillo, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Cristina García, Louise Erdrich. I have chosen these narratives for their: (1) employment of magicoreligious and healing practices, combined with a storytelling mode and elements like ancestral spirits; (2) blurring of the borders between fiction and history, religious and rational points of view, life and death, dreams and reality, personal and political sphere, to name just a few; (3) their socio-political dimensions. The format of the seminar will be a mixture of lecture, discussion, student presentations, and, hopefully, movie screenings of The Mistress of Spices and Beloved. The theoretical texts and essays will be made available as a reader at the beginning of term in the library and in the copy shop, the novels you will have to order yourself (please think about this in advance). In the first week of class (9/19) we will discuss course structure, assignments and requirements. Required Texts: So Far from God by Ana Castillo, The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Tracks by Louise Erdrich, Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García, Beloved by Toni Morrison. Beginn: 19.10.2006 | |||||
| 52 595 | Introduction to American Poetry | ||||
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Achten Sie bitte auf zusätzliche Informationen auf den Internet-Seiten des Instituts, der Abteilung Ameri-kanistik und am Info-Brett der Amerikanistik gegenüber R. 2010 ab Ende September 2006.
| 52 596 | Einführung in die Gender Studies aus amerikanistischer Perpektive | ||||
| PS | Mi | 12-14 | wöch. | HVPL 5 - 7, 109 | G. Dietze |
Das Seminar beschäftigt sich in einem ersten Teil mit der Geschichte der Kategorie Gender im amerikanischen 'Second Wave Feminism'. Dazu gehören die frühe Entwicklung eines "Sex-Gender-Systems" zur Beschreibung männlicher Herrschaft, Ansätze einer Theorie von Maskulinität und neuere Studien zu "Gender als Analysekategorie". Ein zweiter historischer Teil schreitet innerfeministische Herausforderungen ab: 1. Die Konflikte um eine ‚essentialistische' Position, die das ‚Weibliche' positiv besetzt, versus 'sozialkonstruktivisti-schen' Ansätzen, die Femininität als sozialen Zuschreibungsprozeß und "Othering" begrei-fen. 2. Intervention der 'Women of Color', die die 'Whiteness' des amerikanischen Femnismus kritisieren, 3. Interventio-nen lesbischer Frauen, die 'Zwangsheterosexualität' und 'Heteronormativität' von Mainstream Gender Studies beklagen. Ein dritter Teil beschäftigt sich mit postmoderner Kritik eines verkürzten Genderbegriffs, wie er aus der Queer Theory und dem dekonstruktiven Feminismus kommt.
Beginn: 25.10.06 | |||||
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| 52 597 | Introduction to African American Literature | ||||
| PS | Di | 8-10 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 306 | M. Lysik |
This survey course of major works and writers will introduce the students to the African American literary tradition from its beginnings to the present, with attention to historical and social backgrounds. Authors whose work will be studied in this course include Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker. Time permitting, we will also read the late Octavia Butler, the first African American woman writer of sci-ence fiction. We will study a variety of texts covering different genres including the slave narrative, poetry, novel, essay, the oral or vernacular tradition, and we will place the works in the context of literary movements and historical events. The format of the seminar will be primarily lecture, discussion, and student presentations. Our texts will stem from the Norton Anthology of African American Literature and the Heath Anthology of American Literature, and will be made available as a reader at the beginning of term in the library and in the copy shop. Course assignments and requirements will be discussed in the first week of class. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 52 598 | Concepts of Literary and Cultural Studies | ||||
| PS | Do | 16-18 | wöch. | UL 6, 1072 | D. Löbbermann |
The course discusses key concepts of literary and cultural analysis that have been crucial in understanding the specific dynamics of American culture and have been used as paradigms in interdisciplinary American cultural and literary studies. Following an introductory discussion of the concept of culture, the first part will focus on models of American culture and the dialectics between unity and diversity (dimensions of cultural difference): regionalism, melting pot/ethnicity, race/black culture, popular culture/mass culture. The second part will address questions of inter-/transdisciplinary culture studies: American Studies, Women's Studies/Gender Studies, Multiculturalism/Border Discourses/Postcolonialism. The seminar will be based on a reader of selected texts which will be deposited in our library and can be bought at Copy-Haus, Georgenstrasse/corner Universitätsstrasse at the beginning of the semester. Requirements: Regular attendance, in-class presentation, short essay. Beginn: 19.10.06
Wichtiger Hinweis: Zu Beginn des Seminars am 19.10.06 findet eine kurze (15 - 20 min) Informationsveranstaltung der Studienfach-beraterin statt, bei der das Studium der Module 3 + 4 einschließlich der Modulabschlussprüfungen (Formen und zeitlicher Ablauf) erläutert wird. Deshalb ist die Teilnahme aller Studierenden des 3. Fachse-mesters wünschenswert. | |||||
| 52 604 | American Media Today | ||||
| HS | Do | 14-16 | wöch. | UL 6, 2097 | R. Isensee |
Starting with a critical discussion of recent theories of culture and media the course will explore current developments and trends of the American (new) media landscape as well as the cultural contexts that they are grounded in. In an at-tempt to enhance the competences of reading media the course will introduce approaches to media analysis before investigating selected visual and digital representations in terms of major themes, images and narratives. Since the course will employ digital media as a tool of discussion inside and outside the classroom participants are re-quired to demonstrate basic computer literacy. The final exam (MAP) will consist of either a paper (20 pages) or an oral exam. More detailed information on the syllabus and bibliography/webliography will be available on the American Studies Homepage at the end of September. Beginn: 19.10.06 | |||||
| 52 605 | Anwendungsorientiertes Seminar: American Popular Culture and Media | ||||
| PS | Fr | 10-16 | Block (aus- gewählte T.) |
Inval. 110, 349 | G. Susemihl |
Today American popular culture is more popular than ever, and popular Americans have had a phenomenal impact on pop culture worldwide. This course wants to explore the nationally as well as internationally influencial American popular culture, question images and stereotypes of Americaness expreseed in various genres of pop culture, and examine manifestations of and the search for American identity in popular culture. Throughout the course we will examine different methods of popular culture research (within our range of possibilities) and theories on which they are based. Students will look at mass media material online such as magazines, comcs and commercials, watch appropriate TV shows and films, and listen to pupular music. We will also work on prpjects such as the making of a short film. The main activities, however, will be the discussion of assigned readings, as well as the preparation, presentation and criticism of students' essays and research papers. A reader will be provided at the begin-ning of the course. Beginn: 27.10.06 Weitere Termine: 17.11.06, 15.12.06, 12 1.07, 2.2.07 | |||||
| 52 606 | Transatlantic Cultural Exchange: History and Theory | ||||
| HS | Do | 10-12 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 343 | M. Heide |
The seminar will introduce and discuss theories of cultural exchange, particularly from a transatlantic perspective. His-torical issues such as first contacts in the New World, European immigration, and the transatlantic slave trade will be discussed next to theoretical approaches to questions of cultural exchange, such as acculturation, transculturation, and hybridization. We will particularly focus on the "global" quality of American popular culture and related debates such as Americanization, Anti- Americanism, and "Cultural Imperialism."
Beginn: 26.10.06 | |||||
| 52 607 | U.S. Information Policy and Cultural Diplomacy: A Practical Approach to Cultural Relations | ||||
| PS | Fr | 14-18 | Block (aus- gewählte T.) |
DOR 24, 1.502 | M. Kohl |
| Sa | 10-14 od. 14-18 | Block, (aus- gewählte T.) | UL 6, 3086 | ||
This course will explore how the United States have been using cultural diplomacy as an effective tool of foreign policy. A brief historical survey will discuss the U.S. cultural influence in Europe from World War II throughout the Cold War to provide a basis for discussion. The course will examine current political goals of the U.S., their implementations through the Bush administration in general, and the role of the U.S. Mission Germany in particular. Texts will be provided (mis-sion statements, policy texts, articles, etc.). This course will go beyond the theoretical study of policy papers. It will acquaint students with a practical approach to cultural diplomacy by providing a closer study of events organized by the U.S. Embassy Cultural Section. Practitioners will lecture on their daily work in the Embassy. Students will prepare group projects in which they develop proposals for events dealing with current political, social, economic, and cultural issues (e.g. conferences, cultural festivals, a platform for international exchange of ideas within the framework of German/European-American relations). Course requirements: Your grade will be based upon
Bitte informieren Sie sich Anfang Oktober über eine mögliche Raumänderung (Internetsei-ten American Studies bzw. Info-Brett der Amerikanistik gegenüber R. 2010.) Beginn: 20.10.06, Weitere Termine: 3./4.11.06; 10./11.11.06; 1./2.1206; 19./20.1.07 | |||||
| 52 608 | Kolloquium zur berufs(feld)bezogenen Zusatzqualifikation | ||||
| CO | Do | 12-14 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | R. Ulbrich |
Das Kolloquium will sich im Interesse der berufsfeldbezogenen Zusatzqualifikation den American Studies aus interdiszip-linärer Perspektive nähern. Dabei sollen neben dem Erfahrungsaustausch über Praktika und weitere praxisrelevante Veranstaltungen vor allem die wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen der Zweitfächer genutzt werden. Die breite Verknüpfung der verschiedenen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen mit diversen Tätigkeitsbereichen soll der berufsfeldbezogenen Orientierung (vor allem auch am Standort Berlin) dienen. Teilnehmer/innen melden sich bitte per e-mail bis zum 1. Oktober 2006 an: Name, Vorname, welches Zweitfach; welche Praktika haben Sie während des Studiums bei welcher Institution absolviert. Es sollten alle Studierende des 5. Fachsemesters daran teilnehmen. Zur Klärung aller Anforderungen des 2. Praxismodule ggf. Studienfachberatung aufsuchen. Beginn: 26.10.06 | |||||
In den folgenden Seminaren für Master-Studierende werden im Wintersemester jeweils 25 Plätze für Studierende aus Magister- und Staatsexamensstudiengängen, die sich im Hauptstudium befinden, angeboten:
Feminist Literary Criticism (Eva Boesenberg)
Europe's Dream of America/America's Dream of Europe (Reinhard Isensee)
The 'Oriental' Writes Back: Asian American Women Writers (Eva Boesenberg)
Unity in Diversity? Minority Rights in the US and the EU (Reinhard Isensee)
Entsprechende Einschreiblisten hängen ab dem 9.10.2006 gegenüber von Raum 2009 aus.
| 52 621 | Feminist Literary Criticism | ||||
| HS | Do | 12-14 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 349 | E. Boesenberg |
Since at least the 1980s, feminist literary criticism has contributed to a far-reaching revision of U.S.-American literary history and literary criticism more generally. In the context of this course, "feminist literary criticism" will be understood as encompassing not only explicitly feminist theory, but gender-sensitive literary criticism more generally, as well as as certain facets of queer literary theory. We will begin by discussing important early works such as Gilbert and Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic, du Plessis' Writing Beyond the Ending, Tompkin's Sensational Designs, and Moraga and Anzaldúa's This Bridge Called My Back, with a particular focus on the impact they had on literary history and criticism. We will then turn to some theorists whose work does not specifically target literature, but whose concepts have been influential in literary theory, for example Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler, and Laura Mulvey. The remainder of the course will be devoted to more recent studies directly concerned with literary criticism and theory. Beginn: 19.10.06 | |||||
| 52 622 | Semiotics and Textual Analysis | ||||
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Bitte beachten Sie weitere Informationen zu Lehrangeboten ab Ende September auf den Internet-Seiten des Instituts, der Abteilung Amerikanistik bzw. an der Info-Tafel Amerikanistik gegenüber R. 2010.
Außerdem erhalten Sie genauere Informationen dazu in der obligatorische Einführungsveranstaltung zum Master-Programm Amerikanistik am 16. Oktober 2006, 12.30 - 14.00 Uhr, UL 6, 2004a durch die Studien-fachberaterin.
| 52 659 | Europe's Dream of America/America's Dream of Europe | ||||
| HS | Di | 10-12 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | R. Isensee |
The course examines decisive moments in the development of Europe's and America's notions and images of one an-other from the 18th century to the present. The discussion will be based upon historical documents and cultural texts with equal attention to sources from America/the USA and Europe/Germany in an effort to explore and evaluate the major theoretical and rhetorical paradigms (and the shifts therein) informing the perceptions as well as cultural constructions of the "other" past and present. In conclusion, the course will investigate recent manifestations of Anti-Americanism and analyse the ideological co-ordinates of current anti-American concepts in Europe/Germany. Course requirements include active class participation, one oral presentation and a final paper (25 pages). A course reader will be provided at the beginning of the semester. For further information on the syllabus and bibliogra-phy, please consult the American Studies homepage at the beginning of October. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 52 656 | The 'Oriental' Writes Back: Asian American Women Writers in the U.S. | ||||
| HS | Di | 14-16 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | E. Boesenberg |
Taking Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism" as a point of departure, the course will focus on a particular sub-category of the 'Oriental' in U.S.-American culture, the 'Asian', and its deconstruction in literary texts written by Asian American women. Specifically, we will examine the gendered character of Orientalist images and the ways in which such clichés are addressed and rewritten in the literature under discussion. Among the authors whose works will be analyzed are Sui Sin Far, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Hisaye Yamamoto, Bharati Mukherjee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Meena Alexander. Once the texts are examined in their respective historical and cultural contexts, it becomes clear that the label "Asian American" refers to a wide variety of cultural productions, so that it might be more fruitful to distinguish (at least) between Chinese American, Japanese American, and South Asian (American?) writers and their specific liter-ary traditions. While such differentiation is crucial, all of the texts mount a critique of processes of exclusion and Oriental stereotyping on which hegemonic U.S.-American whiteness is premised. Recommended Reading: Edward Said, Orientalism (New York, 1978), introduction. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
Informationen zu sprachpraktischen Übungen entnehmen Sie bitte auch den Aushängen ge-genüber R. 2010 (Hauptgebäude) bzw. dem Internet (American Studies).
| 52 656 | The 'Oriental' Writes Back: Asian American Women Writers in the U.S. | ||||
| HS | Di | 14-16 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | E. Boesenberg |
Taking Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism" as a point of departure, the course will focus on a particular sub-category of the 'Oriental' in U.S.-American culture, the 'Asian', and its deconstruction in literary texts written by Asian American women. Specifically, we will examine the gendered character of Orientalist images and the ways in which such clichés are addressed and rewritten in the literature under discussion. Among the authors whose works will be analyzed are Sui Sin Far, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Hisaye Yamamoto, Bharati Mukherjee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Meena Alexander. Once the texts are examined in their respective historical and cultural contexts, it becomes clear that the label "Asian American" refers to a wide variety of cultural productions, so that it might be more fruitful to distinguish (at least) between Chinese American, Japanese American, and South Asian (American?) writers and their specific liter-ary traditions. While such differentiation is crucial, all of the texts mount a critique of processes of exclusion and Oriental stereotyping on which hegemonic U.S.-American whiteness is premised. Requirements for a Schein include an oral presentation, a written term paper, and participation in class discus-sion. Recommended Reading: Edward Said, Orientalism (New York, 1978), introduction. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 52 657 | Into Modernity: U.S. American Literature and Culture around 1900 | ||||
| HS | Di | 16-18 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | E. Boesenberg |
U.S.-American culture and literature underwent significant change in the decades immediately preceding and following the year 1900. Industrialization and technological progress reshaped people's living conditions, as did immigration, ur-banization, changing patterns of consumption, and new media. Progressivism altered the political landscape; African Americans organized to secure civil rights and economic opportunity; new gender roles emerged. In the realm of litera-ture, Realism, Naturalism, and early Modernism coexisted, with a significant degree of overlap between them. The turn of the century further stimulated the production of utopian and dystopian fiction. The course will combine discussions of pertinent social and political developments as well as changing contours of 'race' and gender, with a closer look at specific literary texts such as Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Kate Chopin's The Awakening, W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, Gertrude Stein's "Melanctha", and other cultural productions such as the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Requirements for a Schein include an oral presentation, a written term paper, and participation in class discus-sion. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 00 000 | Death and Sexuality in Early American Narratives | ||||
| HS | Mi | 12-14 | wöch. | Hegelplatz 1.502 | S. Blazan |
The theme of death has long pervaded American writings. Today, historical traces of a cultural focus on death in combination with sexuality can be recognized as a nealry unavoidable pair in one of North America's biggest export commodities, Hollywood cinema. Our course is going to explore this tradition of combining death and sexuality starting with an early text by Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and ending with Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. A focus on violence, terror, sadism, death, insanity, sexual frustration and bitterness calls for critical/psychological interpretations. We will read classic American narratives using a theoretical framework by Freud, Nietzsche, Lacan, Foucault and Kristeva. All supporting material will be provided in a course reader. We will draw examples from: (please read the first text by October 26, 2006)
Requirements: regular attendance, in-class presentation, essay Beginn: 25.10. 2006 | |||||
| 52 658 | The Holocaust in American Art | ||||
entfällt - Bitte beachten Sie weitere Informationen zu Lehrangeboten ab Ende September auf den Internet-Seiten des Instituts, der Abteilung Amerikanistik bzw. an der Info-Tafel Amerikanistik gegenüber R. 2010. | |||||
| 52 659 | Europe's Dream of America/America's Dream of Europe | ||||
| HS | Di | 10-12 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | R. Isensee |
The course examines decisive moments in the development of Europe's and America's notions and images of one an-other from the 18th century to the present. The discussion will be based upon historical documents and cultural texts with equal attention to sources from America/the USA and Europe/Germany in an effort to explore and evaluate the major theoretical and rhetorical paradigms (and the shifts therein) informing the perceptions as well as cultural constructions of the "other" past and present. In conclusion, the course will investigate recent manifestations of Anti-Americanism and analyse the ideological co-ordinates of current anti-American concepts in Europe/Germany. Course requirements include active class participation, one oral presentation and a final paper (25 pages). A course reader will be provided at the beginning of the semester. For further information on the syllabus and bibliogra-phy, please consult the American Studies homepage at the beginning of October. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 52 660 | Into Modernity: U.S. American Literature and Culture around 1900 | ||||
| HS | Di | 16-18 | wöch. | Inval. 110, 347 | E. Boesenberg |
U.S.-American culture and literature underwent significant change in the decades immediately preceding and following the year 1900. Industrialization and technological progress reshaped people's living conditions, as did immigration, ur-banization, changing patterns of consumption, and new media. Progressivism altered the political landscape; African Americans organized to secure civil rights and economic opportunity; new gender roles emerged. In the realm of litera-ture, Realism, Naturalism, and early Modernism coexisted, with a significant degree of overlap between them. The turn of the century further stimulated the production of utopian and dystopian fiction. The course will combine discussions of pertinent social and political developments as well as changing contours of 'race' and gender, with a closer look at specific literary texts such as Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, Kate Chopin's The Awakening, W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, Gertrude Stein's "Melanctha", and other cultural productions such as the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Requirements for a Schein include an oral presentation, a written term paper, and participation in class discussion. Beginn: 17.10.06 | |||||
| 52 661 | Literatur- und Kulturtheorie (für Doktoranden und MagisterkandidatInnen) | ||||
| CO | Fr | 10-12 | wöch. | UL 6, 2004a | R. Hof |
Das Kolloquium richtet sich an Studierende, die an ihrer Magisterarbeit oder ihrer Dissertation arbeiten und daran inte-ressiert sind, Entwürfe für ihre Arbeiten oder auch einzelne Kapitel in der Gruppe zu besprechen. Auch theo-retische Texte, die für einzelne Arbeiten zentral sind, können gemeinsam gelesen und diskutiert werden. Beginn: 27.10.06 | |||||
| 00 000 | Examenskolloquium - Transdisziplinäre Praxis: Kolloquium zu methodischen und theoretischen Problemen bei der Abfassung von Abschlussarbeiten | ||||
| CO | Di | 18-22 | wöch. | SO 22, 103 | K. Palm / G. Dietze |
Studierende der Gender Studies, Kulturwissenschaft und anderer Fächer sind bei der Abfassung ihrer Abschluss-arbeiten in besonderer Weise durch methodische und theoretische Fragen herausgefordert. Dies hängt mit dem hybriden Status dieser Fächer zusammen. In dem Kolloquium wollen wir die Gelegenheit bieten, diese Fragen an geplanten oder schon begonnenen Arbeiten zu diskutieren, um damit den Schreibprozess zu unterstützen. Die Transdisziplinarität wird auch auf Seiten der Dozentinnen durch die unterschiedlichen disziplinären Perspek-tiven gewährleistet. Da die Zahl der teilnehmenden Personen begrenzt ist, wird um Anmeldung bei einer der Do-zentinnen gebeten. Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: Begrenzte Teilnahme, Anmeldung erforderlich bei gabriele.dietze@rz.hu-berlin.de, Team-teaching. | |||||
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