Seminar: Scapegoats in American Literature - Details

Seminar: Scapegoats in American Literature - Details

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Course name Seminar: Scapegoats in American Literature
Course number ANG.05280.03 ANG.06158.01
Semester WiSe 2025/26
Current number of participants 23
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Tuesday, 13.01.2026 12:15 - 13:45, Room: Seminarraum 12 (R.2.40) [EA 26-27]
Lehrsprache(n) Englisch

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In this course, we will analyze a variety of literary works, including novels, short stories, poems, and plays, to improve our understanding of the figure of the scapegoat, mechanisms of scapegoating and narrative and aesthetic techniques through which literature influences emotional responses and moral judgments of its readers. Focusing on the figure of the scapegoat, we will investigate how authors use narrative techniques to evoke sympathy, anger, or fear, to direct readers' attitudes towards these characters.

This course is eligible for the gender*bildet study program (Gender Studies Certificate). For more information, please visit this link: https://www.rektorin.uni-halle.de/stabsstellen/vielfalt-chancengleichheit/gender_bildet/angebote_studierende/zertifikat/.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Scapegoats in American Literature".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 29.09.2025, 12:00 to 20.10.2025, 12:00.