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Anti-Intellectualism in US Literature and Culture (AE_HSAntiInt) [Import]- Lecturer
- PD Dr. Stefanie Schäfer
- Details
- Hauptseminar
Präsenz
2 cred.h, ECTS studies
für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Thu 14:15 - 15:45, A 603 (Bismarckstr. 1)
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Das Seminar gehört in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zu folgenden Modulen:
MA North American Studies: 4, 5 MA The Americas/Las Américas: 3b, 5, 7 BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (für BA-Studierende ist eine Independent Study Group angeschlossen) Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature
- Contents
- Almost 60 years ago, Richard Hofstadter published Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a study on US politics and culture that became a go-to reference. In the aftermath of the Trump presidency, with its populist outbursts, fake news and climate change denial culture, we critically revisit Hofstadter’s theses and ask about their tenacity then and now. Readings range from 19th-century literature and drama through contemporary political satire. We critically examine the intellectual types Hofstadter sketches, anti-intellectualism in frontier and founding discourses, gendered and intersectional perspectives in contemporary politics. Next to regular attendance and reading, in-semester tasks include reading responses and rhetoric analysis. The course credit will be awarded based on a final paper and on the Independent Study Groups tasks (for BA students).
- Recommended literature
- Please purchase Curtis Sittenfeld’s 2020 novel Rodham and Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
- 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)
- Department: Chair of American Studies (Prof. Dr. Paul)
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