110138 VO Literature Lecture (MA) - Portuguese (2023W)

Transilvania postcoloniala. Literatura si imaginarul intercultural. Postcolonial Transylvania. Literature and the intercultural imaginary

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 11 - Romanistik

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Voraussetzungen lt. Studienplan:
MA: s. Studienplan
BA: Absolvierung der Grund- und Erweiterungsmodule (Pflichtmodule)
Lehramt (Wahlfach): Absolvierung der Einführungsvorlesungen dringend empfohlen

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

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Wednesday 31.01.2024 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8

Lecturers

Florinel-Ionel Oprescu

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Wednesday
    11.10.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    18.10.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    25.10.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    08.11.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    15.11.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    22.11.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    29.11.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    06.12.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    13.12.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    10.01.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    17.01.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8
    
    Wednesday
    24.01.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum ROM 5 (3B-EG-41) UniCampus Hof 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course I propose to students a theoretical and historical analysis of typologies of European colonialism and an analysis of the concept of the imaginary or representations of the imaginary. Addressing twentieth-century theories I will analyze how literature responded to colonial pressures and through which different representations of nations were constructed (Anderson). Also, analysis of the cultural micro-climate in Transylvania is representative of internal colonialism. By confronting theory with literary practices I will try to define the cultural and literary specificity of this "cluster". The analysis will highlight several current issues and relations: centre-margin, trans-pluri-inter-culturality, identity construction, national imaginary, ethical-ethnic-aesthetic in literature.

The objectives of the course will be:
-analysis of postcolonial discourse;
-to trace the history of successive colonizations in Transylvania;
-interpretation of representative texts for the representations of the colonial imaginary (19th and 20th centuries)
Authors proposed for analysis through text extracts:
I. Slavici, L. Rebreanu, I. Agârbiceanu, M. Banffy, A Meschendorfer etc.
The methods will focus on discursive analysis, literary hermeneutics, cultural analysis of texts, focusing on the interpretation of different genres of discourse.

Assessment and permitted materials

The exam consists of two phases:
-writen report on a given subject: 50%
-oral examination/analysis of a text at first sight: 50%
For the exam students will prepare a postcolonial analysis report on a given text. In order to obtain a positive mark, students must read the text extracts from the portfolio provided at the beginning of the semester, produce the report and interpret the given text.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

-Actively reading the texts given in the course;
-Interpreting simple texts;
-Academic writing of the report.

Examination topics

-Academic writing of the report;
-Reading of extracts from the portfolio;
-Interpretation of a short text in accordance with the topic covered in the course.

Reading list

-„Historians and The History of Transylvania” (Ed. László Péter), Columbia University Press, New York, 1992.
-Homi Bhabha, „Introduction: Narrating the Nation”, In „Nation and Narration” (Ed. Homi K. Bhabha), Routledge, London and New York, 1990.
-Benedict Anderson, „Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism”, Verso, London-New York, 2006.
-Edward Said, „Orientalism”, Pantheon Books, New York, 1978.
-Aimé Césaire, „Discours sur le colonialisme”, Éditions Réclame, Paris, 1950.
-Adolf Meschendörfer, „Corona”, Traducere și prefață de Gabriel Gafița, Editura Kriterion, București, 1982, p. 275.
-Miklós Bánffy, „Trilogia transilvană”, ICR, 2019.
-Liviu Rebreanu, „Ion”, EPL, 1959.

Association in the course directory

BA: BAR 11/14 R;
MA: MAR 04/05/06/07/08/09 a/b, 03b
LA: Wahlfach
MAR 01 Literaturgeschichte;

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