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123232 AR Literature Course (interactive) (2016S)

Surviving the Teenage Years: Youth Identity Issues in World Fiction

1.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Coming of age stories and the literary tradition of the Bildungsroman are mainstays of Western literary fiction, and particularly prominent in Young Adult fiction. The issues of personal identity, social and political awareness, and cultural change familiar to this genre are even more emphasised when the authors, narrators and protagonists come from minority cultures. This course studies three short novels in which identity and selfhood are also a struggle for rights and recognition by underprivileged groups: Muslim women under Sharia law in Iran (Marjane Satrapi), Native Americans in the USA (Sherman Alexie), and Black British youths in South London (Alex Wheatle). The course situates these novels within subaltern, postcolonial, and feminist discourses, approached with an eye to how to teach such texts in the classroom.

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Courses will be held on: 14.03, 4.04, 18.04, 2.05, 23.05, 6.06, 20.06

  • Montag 14.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 04.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 18.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 02.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 23.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 06.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 20.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course provides students with analytical and teaching tools which they can apply to a variety of literary texts. The course aims to:
- identify key socio-cultural issues in each text,
- analyse literary techniques of form and function (including the graphic novel),
- consider approaches to teaching these texts in the school Curriculum.
Class texts:
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Vintage 2008
Sherman Alexie, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Klett English Editions, 2009.
Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Serpent’s Tail 2009

Methoden: Interactive class discussions, own research and group presentations.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

10% attendance & participation, 10% Moodle blog contributions (2 over the semester), 20% group presentation of one text; 60% three short analyses or teaching plans of each of the three texts (20% each).

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

10% attendance & participation, 10% Moodle blog contributions (2 over the semester), 20% group presentation of one text; 60% three short analyses or teaching plans of each of the three texts (20% each).

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Vintage 2008
Sherman Alexie, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Klett English Editions, 2009.
Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Serpent’s Tail 2009

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344;
Code/Modul: UF4.2.4-323;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0266

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33