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120022 VO Literatures in English (2009W)

Trauma, Memory and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Diese LVA gilt für die Masterstudien Englisch nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

Details

max. 150 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 12.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 19.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 09.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 16.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 23.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 30.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 07.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 14.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 11.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Monday 18.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture will give a comprehensive introduction into the contemporary South African Novel after the fall of Apartheid by concentrating on the relation of trauma, memory and narrative.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final written test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students become aquainted with a fascinating and quickly expanding field in the so-called New English Literatures and the postcolonial novel. They understand why ¿trauma' has become one of the most important concepts with which theorists try to make sense of our postmodern world.

Examination topics

lecture, Power Point presentation, e-learning

Reading list

J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace; Zakes Mda, Ways of Dying; Lisa Fugard, Skinner's Drift; Susan Mann, Quarter Tones; Zoe Wicomb, David's Story (all in Pb.)

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, MA 812, MA 844

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