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Bei den auslaufenden Studiengängen ist dies ein HS. In recent years the category of age has been become increasingly prominent in literary and cultural studies as it provides specific access to and a more differentiated understanding of the complexities of identity construction at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and gender. With a focus on narratives of age in American literature the course will explore selected representations of age (young and old) and their corresponding strategies of story telling with special emphasis on questions such as age and body, age and memory, patterns of aging, intergenerational perceptions of age, ageism, and cultural images of age. The text corpus selected for the discussion will include narratives from various genres, among others autobiographies and essays, of both “adult” and young adult fiction. Course requirements include active class preparation and participation, one in-class presentation and a final paper of 20 pages. More detailed information on the syllabus, text selection and bibliography will be available on the American Studies homepage at the beginning of April. |
