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Poverty, Rurality, & Whiteness (AE_HSWhiteness) [Import]- Lecturer
- PD Dr. Karin Höpker
- Details
- Hauptseminar
Präsenz
2 cred.h
für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 16:15 - 17:45, C 601
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das Hauptseminar kann wie folgt verwendet werden:
MA North American Studies - Culture and Literature: Modul 4,5,7,8
MA The Americas/Las Américas: Modul 3b
MA Literaturstudien - intermedial und interkulturell
MA Ethik der Textkulturen
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature)
BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A mit begleitender Independent Study Group
MA English Studies: "Freie Ergänzungsstudien/Wild Card" mit begleitendem Kurs
- Contents
- This class will discuss cultural imaginations of rurality in twentieth and twenty-first century USA with an emphasis on issues of class and race and specifically constructions of poverty and whiteness that have been inscribed into historical narratives of American identity, the “heartland,” as well as “the redneck,” the “hillbilly,” and similar figures.
We will focus on literary productions like Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff (2008), J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy and the ensuing controversy, and include film adaptations like Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone and a selection of episodes from TV series (Ozark, Justified, Mare of Easttown). To explore significant historical contexts and lines of literary tradition we will also read a selection of shorter texts by Willa Cather, Erskine Caldwell, John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, and William Faulkner.
- Recommended literature
- Pls. acquire and read in advance:
Donald Ray Pollock Knockemstiff, J.D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy
A full reading list will be available on StudOn
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Tuesday, 1.3.2022, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 30.4.2022, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2022:
- Aufbaumodul Cultural Studies (Master Modul 4)
- Aufbaumodul Literary Studies (Master Modul 5)
- North America: Culture and Literature (AM4)
- North America: Politics and Society (AM7)
- North American Studies (AM3b)
- Vertiefungsmodul Cultural Studies (Master Modul 7)
- Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies (Master Modul 8)
- Department: Chair of American Studies (Prof. Dr. Paul)
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