Universität Wien

123222 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2015W)

The Contemporary South African Trauma Novel

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 13.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 20.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 27.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 03.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 10.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 17.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 24.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 01.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 15.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 12.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 19.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Dienstag 26.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Students will become acquainted with trauma theory, its relation to narrative, with various types of trauma (individual, communal, intergenerational) and their reflections in the novel, and with selected topics related to the representation of trauma.

Students volunteering for one of the following early topics should contact Prof. Mengel by e-mail: ewald.mengel@univie.ac.at.

Lisa Fugard, "Skinner's Drift"
1) The Importance of the South African Farm Novel in the Context of South African Literature
2) Trauma and the Farm: Skinner's Drift
3) Forms of Trauma: White and Black, Male and Female
4) Kristeva's Concept of the 'Abject': Black Workers on the Farm

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Class participation, oral presentation (20-30 minutes), essay (15-17 pages - for BA students writing their BA thesis 25-27 pages), and final written test.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The students will learn how different aspects of trauma theory may be applied to the analysis of the contemporary South African trauma novel. They will gain insight into the different ways in which the novelists 'speak about the unspeakable', and literature's functions with regard to a traumatised country.

Prüfungsstoff

Oral presentations followed by discussion, e-learning platform.

Literatur

Lisa Fugard, "Skinner's Drift"; Zakes Mda, "Heart of Redness"; Sindiwe Magona, "Mother to Mother"; Patricia Schonstein, "A Quilt of Dreams"; Michiel Heyns, "Lost Ground". Copies of "Skinner's Drift" und "A Quilt of Dreams" will be made to order in our SSS. All other books will be available at the Campus bookstores.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4,
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33