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123045 PS Proseminar Literature (2011W)

Native American Literature

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 12.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 19.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 09.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 16.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 23.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 30.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 07.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 14.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 11.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 18.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 25.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will analyse three now classic Native American novels that have successfully combined traditional "Indian" healing and survival storylines with the narrative techniques of "white" mainstream fiction: N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn (1969), Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony (1977) and James Welch's Winter in the Blood (1974). The powerful presence of the shape-changing "trickster" figure central in many native texts will be discussed in a Canadian play, Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters (1986) .
Apart from the practice of critical techniques necessary for the production of an academic paper, this course will also deal with the tribal-specific social, cultural and mythological parameters that inform the non-realistic aspects of our four texts.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in class, short assignments, term paper (essay and presentation in class), final written exam on material covered.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This class aims at
1) advancing participants' theoretical and practical skills in literary criticism and at familiarising them with the basic techniques required for writing an academic paper;
2) acquainting participants with literary and cultural aspects of traditional and modern "Indian" storytelling, dominant themes and myths.

Examination topics

Classroom discussion, presentations, research assignments.

Reading list

N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn
Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony
James Welch, Winter in the Blood
Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters
(These texts will be available at Facultas am Campus.)

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612;
Code/Modul: Diplom 304, 501, 701, UF 3.3.3-304, BA09.1, BA10.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0297

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