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Lecture
WiSe 16/17: Reform, Diversity, and Cultural Nationalism in the Age of Romanticism
Frank Kelleter
Comments
This lecture course deals with the interlocking of Romanticism, cultural nationalism, and practices of political reform; it focuses on documents, debates, and philosophical as well as literary works from the period in-between the Jacksonian era and the Civil War. Topics include: “Indian Removal,” transcendentalism, Edgar Allan Poe’s theory of the media, the importance of Moby-Dick, debates on slavery and national expansion, sentimentalism and the abolitionist imagination, proslavery philosophies, the genre of the slave narrative, and other issues.
The lecture course serves as “Vorlesung” of Culture-Module B (Kultur der Nationalität und Diversität) in the Master’s degree program. Registration: All participants must be registered via Blackboard and Campus Management before the first session. If you cannot register online or cannot attend the first session, please contact Prof. Kelleter before the beginning of the term. Requirements: See Syllabus and Course Description (on Blackboard). close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2016-10-18 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-10-25 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-11-01 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-11-08 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-11-15 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-11-22 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-11-29 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-12-06 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2016-12-13 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-01-03 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-01-10 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-01-17 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-01-24 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-01-31 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-02-07 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2017-02-14 16:00 - 18:00