Details

Fakultät	Philosophische Fakultät
Bereich	Englisch
Code	UE-L06.01152
Sprachen	Englisch
Art der Unterrichtseinheit	Proseminar
Kursus	Bachelor
Semester	SA-2021

Zeitplan und Räume

Vorlesungszeiten

Montag 13:15 - 15:00, Wöchentlich (Herbstsemester)

Unterricht

Verantwortliche	Austenfeld Thomas
Dozenten-innen	Austenfeld Thomas
Beschreibung	American literature and American politics have been closely connected since the nation's beginning: the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and other key documents were accomplished rhetoricians and writers. Presidential speeches and other special-occasion utterances—such as by pioneering feminists or Civil Rights leaders—have tended to combine sophisticated argument and linguistic elegance. The Trump administration caused many observers to question whether political discourse in the US had been altered permanently. In this class, we will look at classic statements on the topic of Democracy in America and will consider both their political and literary relevance. We will also consider the question of how the Trump years changed the public discourse.
Soft Skills	Nein
ausserhalb des Bereichs	Nein
BeNeFri	Nein
Mobilität	Ja
UniPop	Nein

Dokument

Bibliographie

Texts: At Librophoros: American Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent Questions.  Library of America, 2020  (approximately 20 Euros). Provided on MOODLE for you: Amerikastudien / American Studies 66.1 (2021). "Common Grounds? American Democracy After Trump."  Guest editors Cedric Esse, Heike Paul, and Boris Vormann.

Seminar - Ausserhalb der Prüfungssession

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