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Seminar: 10-76-3-D1/WD1-05 Key Topics in Literature: The American Short Story from Poe to Mukherjee - Details

Seminar: 10-76-3-D1/WD1-05 Key Topics in Literature: The American Short Story from Poe to Mukherjee - Details

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Course name Seminar: 10-76-3-D1/WD1-05 Key Topics in Literature: The American Short Story from Poe to Mukherjee
Subtitle
Course number 10-76-3-D1/WD1-05
Semester WiSe 2025/2026
Current number of participants 30
expected number of participants 35
Home institute Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
Next date Wednesday, 17.12.2025 12:15 - 13:45, Room: GW1 A0010
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja
Veranstaltung für ältere Erwachsene Yes

Rooms and times

GW1 A0010
Wednesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly (5x)
GW1 C2270
Wednesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly (4x)
GW1-HS H1010
Wednesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly (1x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the father of the American short story and modern detective story. In a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tales he outlined what we now take as his ‘theory’ of the short story. We will discuss this ‘theory’ as well as Joseph Urgo’s take on the American short story upon which we will base the readings of some of the finest examples of American short stories from the Romantic period to the present. They will include classics by Poe, Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Kate Chopin as well as stories by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American authors.

Class requirements are regular attendance, in-depth knowledge of reading material, and active class discussion. Reading the texts is mandatory.

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