32213
Advanced seminar
WiSe 21/22: Novels of Adventure
Ulla Haselstein
Information for students
Please note: This seminar will beheld in-person (on campus).
Comments
D.H. Lawrence once spoke about the "old-fashioned American classics" as "children's books" - a view that he resisted by arguing that these texts articulate "a new voice" that contemporary readers needed to listen to. The term "children's books" refers to the fact that many 19th century American novels are novels of adventure. The seminar will discuss typical features of adventure novels, the reasons for their popularity, and their ideological dimensions. We will analyze some key texts, such J.F. Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Catherine Sedgwick's Hope Leslie, H. Melville's Typee and M. Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We will also see how Melville and Twain revised the form of the adventure novel in Moby Dick and The Advenures of Huckleberry Finn, and in conclusion discuss a recent novel by Robert Coover, Huck Out West. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2021-10-21 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-10-28 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-11-04 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-11-11 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-11-18 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-11-25 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-12-02 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-12-09 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2021-12-16 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-01-06 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-01-13 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-01-20 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-01-27 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-02-03 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-02-10 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2022-02-17 14:00 - 16:00