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120012 SE Collective Memories and Cultural Encounters in the Canadian West (2007W)

Literary Seminar

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

anrechenbar als K 521, K 522 für den AHStG-Studienplan. ECTS UF Englisch: 3.00.

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 16.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 23.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 30.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 06.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 13.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 20.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 27.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 04.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 11.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 18.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 08.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 15.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 22.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 29.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Since the recognition of the multicultural foundations of the country, the literature of Canada has increasingly been shaped by the articulation of the ethnic heritages of writers whose ancestors did not belong to the founding nations. In the genre of 'life writing' the recovery of alternative heritages ('allophone' backgrounds) and the exploration of cultural encounters and interaction has played a central role.
This seminar traces various stages in this development and will explore cultural contact and processes of acculturation since the involvement of ethnic settlers in the 'Great (European) War', which has been a significant factor in the emergence and construction of a Canadian collective identity. The texts to be analyzed in the seminar will be chosen from the works of writers who had their formative experiences or spent a great part of their life in the west of Canada, on the prairies or on the West Coast. Attention will also be paid to the cultural encounters and interaction of indigenous writers with the majority culture.
The seminar will also serve as preparation for a projected interdisciplinary field trip to the West of Canada in the course of which critics, scholars and creative writers will be met at various universities.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

322, 821, K 521, K 522

Examination topics

seminar; interactive

Reading list

Participants in the seminar will be asked to acquire the following texts:
Margaret Laurence, A Bird in the House; Henry Kreisel, The Almost Meeting; Jack Hodgins, Broken Ground.
A reader containing additional stories and relevant documents will be provided, among them texts by Emily Carr, Lee Maracle and Wayson Choy.

Association in the course directory

322, 821, 338, 722, K 521, K 522, K531, K532

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