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In this seminar, we will discuss the work of American women poets from the colonial period to the present. Rather than preceding primarily in a chronological way, our syllabus will be structured thematically, i.e., juxtaposing poems from different time periods and writers that treat similar themes or work with related forms. This aims at facilitating a comparison of women poets' thematic preoccupations, aesthetic strategies, and stylistic developments across the ages. Topics will include the female body, sexuality, and women's work, as well as poetological questions, experiences of exclusion, "difference," and trauma as well as constructions of identity. We will cover poetry written in a wide range of styles and forms, from traditional meter and rhyme schemes to free verse and the work of poets from a variety of historical periods as well as social and ethnic backgrounds. Amongst others, poets to be discussed may include Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Phillis Wheatley, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, H.D., Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, Louise Erdrich, Marilyn Chin, Mitsuye Yamada, Mohja Kahf, and Suheir Hammad.
Please be prepared to read the poetry closely (and more than just once!), to read secondary texts, participate actively in class discussions, and take over responsibility for a task in class. Participation requirements will be specified in our first session, which will take place on April 25 due to a conference I am attentding in North America. We will dedicate the remainder of the first session to repeating terminology and discuss generic questions and formal issues, so please review your notes from the introduction to literary studies and/or consult the relevant chapters in Nünning.
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LPO: C2 a, b
Kombi-BA
CIII a, c; CIV a, c
PO 2015:
ANG-F-C3A, ANG-G-C3A und C
Master
M.Ed.
MA: A/A (LIT 1, LIT 2), Kombi-MA (Z LIT, Z LIT 1a, Z Lit 1b), AVL |
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