Biographical Statement

Nadine Boettcher M.A. is a postgraduate student in the American Literature program at Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. She has also studied modern languages at the University of Texas at Arlington and at the Universidad de Alicante as an Erasmus scholarship holder. She teaches undergraduate courses at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf where she has been a lecturer in American Studies since October 2008. Her research interests include gender studies, intercultural and transcultural studies (USA and Spain), and American literature about crime and justice.

Her interdisciplinary dissertation project is entitled "From Walt Whitman to Frederico García Lorca to Paul Auster to Antonio Muñoz Molina: Constituting the Self in New York City".

Teaching

WS 2012/13    "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies: Overview American Literature"

                          "Requiem for a Dream?"

SS 2012           "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies: Overview American Literature"

                          "Violence, Vengeance and Vulnerability: Un Viaje por la Narrativa Americana"

WS 2011/12    "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies: Overview American Literature"

                           "Creatures of the Night"

SS 2011            "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies: Overview American Literature"

                           "Urban Legends: Trivial Entertainment or Literary Cultural Phenomenon?"

WS 2010/11     "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies: Overview American Literature"

                           "Women, Crime, and Law: From Victim to Serial Killer"

SS 2010             "American Crime Fiction: Investigating a Male-Dominated World"

WS 2009/10     "Mark Twain and American Realism"

                           "Academic Writing and Research"

SS 2009             "Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales and Sketches"

WS 2008/09     "The Self and the Metropolis: Constituting the Self in New York City"

Interests and Research Areas

19th and 20th Century Literature

Intercultural and Transcultural Studies (USA and Spain)

Gender Studies

Crime Fiction

Additional Information and Activities

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