Universität Wien

123046 PS Proseminar Literature / Literary Studies (2015S)

New African Writing in the United States

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

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

TEILBLOCKUNG! Compulsory excursion to participate in the conference "A Mobile World Literature" (University of Eichstätt, near Ingolstadt, Bavaria), 26-28 June, 2015; fewer regular sessions

  • Dienstag 17.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 24.03. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 14.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 21.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 28.04. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 05.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 12.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 19.05. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 02.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 09.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 16.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 23.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Samstag 27.06. 10:00 - 18:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Dienstag 30.06. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course will introduce students to recent works of literature written by 1st-generation African immigrant writers in the United States. We will examine prose fiction (novels and short stories), drama, and poetry by writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chris Abani, Teju Cole, and others. The course will tackle questions such as how these writings challenge and change the "black American Narrative" (Ch. Johnson), why they have been on such an upsurge in the Anglophone literary market, and how they might classify as a new kind of "World Literature" due to the complex transatlantic re-locations of these texts.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

50% Proseminar Paper
25% class participation (including written work such as response papers, questions etc.)
25% oral presentation

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

- providing you with tools for analyzing different genres (poetry, drama, prose) in their specific contexts
- making you fit to give an oral presentation on a literary text, including the use of a presentation software
- making you fit for researching, developing, and writing your proseminar paper, including a research bibliography
- being able to analyze the function and "cultural work" these texts perform in contemporary U.S. American society and beyond
- introducing you to theoretical concepts from postcolonial studies (e.g. World Literature, postcolonial identity formation), African American Studies (e.g. the Black Atlantic, post-blackness), and American Studies (e.g. American Dream)

Prüfungsstoff

pair work, group work, class discussions, presentations; excursion / conference participation

Literatur

Novels:
Teju Cole, Open City (available at facultas)
Taiye Selasi, Ghana Must Go (will be available at facultas)

drama:
Osonye Tess Onwueme, What Mama Said (Wayne State UP, will be available at facultas soon)

Short stories and poems will be provided as a .pdf on Moodle

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612; BEd 046
Code/Modul: UF 3.3.3-304, BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33