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Literature and Protest in the United States
DozentIn: Jatin Wagle
Veranstaltungstyp: Seminar
Ort: nicht angegeben
Zeiten: Di. 14:00 - 16:00 (wöchentlich)
Beschreibung: In this course in American Studies, we will explore forms of social critique and protest against injustice and inequality as they emerged in modern American literature. While studying the development of literary forms, we will also locate them in the contexts of social movements that often sustained them, such as, the trade union mobilization, women’s movement and the civil rights movement. Finally, we will take up individual poetic and fictional texts and analyze them to understand the complex relationship between aesthetics and politics which informs the literature of protest.
In this seminar, we will be reading and discussing the following two novels set in the 1930s:
John Steinbeck, _In Dubious Battle_ (1936)
Carson McCullers, _The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter_ (1940)
Please procure print or eBook versions of these literary texts and start reading them.
As part of your assigned work in this online seminar, all the course participants would need to carefully prepare the reading(s) allotted for a session, develop points of discussion, either respond to the reading via annotations on Google Docs or respond to keywords and/or questions in forum areas set up for the purpose. If you have queries or doubts, they should also be added to the digital, collaborative tools. The due dates for your contributions will be indicated in individual forum areas/Google Docs. Pursuant to your interaction and work on the digital platforms, we will conduct weekly video conferences, which will be assisted by the expert groups/session presenters.
We will review our progress, revisit and amend the course schedule, our strategies of online interaction as well as the seminar contents on a periodic basis. Readings will be made available in a “Readings” folder via links or as pdfs under the “Files” tab.
This course shares requirements and guidelines with all other American Studies courses taught at IfAA. The “American Studies Tool Kit” in the Stud.IP “Files” section outlines these requirements and guidelines. Please see the “Guidelines for Seminar Papers” for information on the formal requirements for the final paper. The “Abbreviations Key” and “Grading Rubric” are used in the grading and feedback process and will enable you to better judge your own paper even before handing it in. Please check the course webpages on Stud.IP regularly for updates announcements, and changes.
Prerequisites for participation: B1 module
A list of required readings will be appended soon.
