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WiSe 21/22: Capitalism, Sectionalism, and American Nationhood

Frank Kelleter

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This lecture course deals with American culture in the four decades following the Civil War. Topics include: the failure of Reconstruction; Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; the interlocking of progressivism and imperialism; African American activism; anarchism (Lucy Parsons, Emma Goldman); the emergence of a capitalist-nationalist imaginary; realism and naturalism as literary modes; the “New Woman”; urbanization and media transformations. ----- The lecture course serves as “Vorlesung” of Culture-Module B (Kultur der Nationalität und Diversität) in the Master’s degree program. Registration: All participants need to be registered via Blackboard and Campus Management by the first session. If you cannot register online, please contact Prof. Kelleter before the beginning of the term. Requirements and Organization: See Syllabus and Course Description in the “Teaching” section of Prof. Kelleter’s JFKI website or on Blackboard (go to “Kursmaterial”; you may have to click on “open Syllabus here” to download it; if this doesn’t work, try a different browser: students have reported problems with the Chrome browser). Depending on the COVID19-situation in the fall, this course will be offered either as a classroom course (on campus) or as an asynchronous online course. Please note that it is listed as a three-hour “Vorlesung mit integriertem Tutorium.” The idea is to give us a more flexible time-slot in case of mandatory “Hygienemaßnahmen” (such as checking Corona tests or airing the room midway through a session), but also to provide additional time for Q&A. Ideally, however, participants will gain credit on the basis of the regular (two-hour) lecture slot; attendance of the additional academic hour (“tutorial”) will be optional. First session: October 25 (note: this is the second week of the semester). close