32211
Hauptseminar
WiSe 24/25: "Dark" Romanticism
Julie Dickson
Kommentar
US Romanticism may be best known for its ideals—Thoreau’s civil disobedience, Emerson’s self-reliance, Whitman’s egalitarian multitudes. Yet alongside the aspirations of Walden and Leaves of Grass lie their shadows—the terrors of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the shame and secrecy of The Scarlet Letter. This course takes up this other side of the Romantic movement, with its explorations into the psychological and supernatural, sin and madness, and the depths of society and experience. We will focus on a selection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry from the period by authors such as Poe and Hawthorne (among others), and on criticism (anti-racist, anti-colonialist, feminist, queer, and ecological) past and present. Through discussions and deep reading, together we will develop a historical understanding of our texts within the broader Romantic movement, as well as their legacy in US literature today. And we will cap the semester in a quest for the literary student’s own infamous White Whale—a complete reading of Moby Dick!
“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.” –Herman Melville
Schließen
16 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 15.10.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 22.10.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 29.10.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 05.11.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 12.11.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 19.11.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 26.11.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 03.12.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 10.12.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 17.12.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 07.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 14.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 21.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 28.01.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 04.02.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 11.02.2025 12:00 - 14:00