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Module number (link to module description)	Module title	Module coordinator	ECTS credits for module
82-008-L-ANG41-V-H-0916	Literature and Media (Mastermodul)	Nate, Richard	5

Course no.: Exam no.:	82-008-L-ANG41-V-S-SE-0916.20261.001
Course title: Exam title:	Literature and Media
Kategorie:	seminar (on-campus)
Language of lesson:	Englisch
Date:	4/15/2026 - 7/17/2026
Organizer:	Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lecturer: Examiner:	Earnshaw, Sarah
Exam type:	in-semester examination
Exam mode:	Hausarbeit
Max. number of participants:	25 unlimited
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Content/topics:	How has capitalism informed US culture and how has culture interpreted, legitimised, contested and shaped ‘American capitalism’ and class relations? Ranging from the late 19th century Gilded Age to the contemporary platform economy, this class explores cultural narratives and imaginaries around work, consumerism, inequality and the ‘American Dream’ in literature, film, television, audio and other media. Examining texts such as Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, postwar advertising, the work of Bruce Springsteen, The Wire (Simon, 2002-2008), and Nomadland (Zhao, 2020), we will consider entanglements of race, gender, migration, technology and empire in US class formation across transitions in American capitalism, moving through industrial expansion and Fordist mass production, the Great Depression and postwar prosperity, to neoliberal restructuring and the ascendance of Big Tech. Analysing historical transformations, struggles, and representations in conversation with contemporary issues around gig work, debt, algorithmic management and automation, in this class we will develop close textual analysis and cultural theory methods while engaging key debates in American Studies.
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Date / Time	Room	Lecturer
Wed 15.04.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 22.04.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 29.04.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 06.05.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 13.05.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 20.05.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 27.05.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 03.06.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 10.06.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 17.06.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 24.06.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 01.07.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 08.07.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah
Wed 15.07.2026 14:30 - 4:00 PM	Interim-204	Earnshaw, Sarah