MEd. - Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

LITERATUR/CULTURAL STUDIES
Vorlesungen
050 645 Freitag
U. S. Ethnic Literatures, 3 CP
2 st. mo 14-16 HGB 10
Ethnic literatures have long been neglected in the U.S. literary canon. Yet slowly but
steadily texts written by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans,
and Asian Americans have been recognized: published in big publishing houses,
reviewed on the pages of the New York Times Book Review, and added to the
reading lists of schools and colleges. While this attention often tends to focus only on
the ethnic difference, the lecture will introduce ethnic texts as interventions in and
interactions with the traditional canon of US literature.
Texts: will be provided
Credits: regular attendance, regular reading, written test.
050 625 Klawitter
Introduction to English Renaissance Drama, 3 CP
2 st. do 10-12 HGB 30
This series of lectures aims to give insight into the artistry and function of dramatic
writing in Shakespeare’s time. It will consider the political, social, economic and
cultural factors which contributed to the creation of a vibrant theatrical scene in
London and draw attention to the various traditions and critical debates that shaped
the development of drama. Some of the most popular genres in Elizabethan and
Jacobean drama, namely the heroic play, the revenge tragedy and the satiric comedy
will be introduced through the discussion of the following classics (which are required
reading):
Christopher Marlowe Tamburlaine the Great; Part One (New Mermaids edition)
Shakespeare Hamlet (Arden or New Cambridge Shakespeare edition)
Ben Jonson Volpone (New Mermaids edition)
Assessment: test.