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Travel is fatal to prejudice? 19th century writers on tour - Einzelansicht

Veranstaltungsart Seminar Veranstaltungsnummer
SWS 2 Semester WiSe 2019/20
Einrichtung Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik   Sprache englisch
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Belegungsfrist 01.10.2019 - 10.11.2019

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Seminar Do 16:00 bis 18:00 wöchentlich 17.10.2019 bis 06.02.2020  1.19.1.22 Pittel 26.12.2019: 2. Weihnachtstag
02.01.2020: Akademische Weihnachtsferien
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Travel had always been a vital element in the process of self-cultivation held high in Enlightenment thinking, as epitomized in the Grand Tour taken to Italy. But what happened to such lofty ideals when travel and travel literature became more and more popular in the course of the 19th century? It is in some of the most widely read authors of the century that numerous identity-related ambiguities and ambivalences became evident as these writers went on tour, attempting to situate themselves between established ideas of high culture and the demands of the market-place. This course will focus on extended journeys taken by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde as documented in self-authored travelogues and newspaper reports. Various other contemporary voices will be considered as well.
Literatur Please obtain and read the following texts in the specified editions:
Charles Dickens, American Notes (1842). London: Penguin, 2004.

Mark Twain: The Innocents Abroad (1869). London: Penguin, 2002.
Roy Morris, jr: Declaring His Genius. Oscar Wilde in North America. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 2013.
Further course material will be made available on moodle. Attention: This is a reading-intensive class.
Leistungsnachweis group presentation and short essay (1000 words, guiding questions will be issued in advance)

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Keine Einordnung ins Vorlesungsverzeichnis vorhanden. Veranstaltung ist aus dem Semester WiSe 2019/20 , Aktuelles Semester: SoSe 2024

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