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123211 VO Literatures in English (2014W)

Native American Literature and Culture

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Moodle

Details

Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Montag 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This lecture course will provide a survey both of theoretical approaches to indigenous North American literatures and cultures and of the practical history and literary history of Native Americans and First Nations in the U.S. and Canada.
In a combination of surveys and more detailed readings, students will be familiarized with indigenous American texts of all genres, including fiction, life writing, poetry, drama, and critical theory, in their specific historical contexts. Thus, the lecture will also provide an overview of the interrelations between Native North American history and literary production from the late 18th century to the present. In examining issues of land, religion, sovereignty, agency, cultural memory, as well as national and transnational identities, we will also include examples from contemporary Native American visual arts and film. Writers to be looked at in more detail include Samson Occom, William Apess, Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Diane Glancy, Joy Harjo, Wendy Rose, and Gerald Vizenor.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

active participation and regular reading; final written exam (90 minutes)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

This lecture course will provide both an overview and detailed knowledge of the most important developments and texts in Native North American Studies. Theoretical texts and guidelines will enable students to apply the critical and analytical tools acquired in this lecture to their own readings of texts and to develop a differentiated perspective on indigenous literatures and cultures

Prüfungsstoff

Lecture Course, e-learning, independent reading

Literatur

Please purchase a copy of Leslie Marmon Silko's novel "Ceremony" and start reading as early as possible. Please also purchase a copy of Tomson Highway's play "The Rez Sisters", this text is due in January. All the other texts (non-fiction, fiction, poetry, criticism) will be compiled into a reader which is available from Copy-Studio (Schwarzspanierstr.) in September.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, ME 812, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-321, ME1, MA1
Lehrinhalt: 12-0404

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33