120021 SE Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit (2009S)
Art and Reality in the Contemporary South African Novel
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
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).
- Registration is open from Mo 16.02.2009 14:00 to Mo 23.02.2009 09:00
- Registration is open from We 25.02.2009 14:00 to We 04.03.2009 23:59
- Registration is open from Fr 06.03.2009 12:30 to Tu 10.03.2009 13:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2009 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
11.03.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
18.03.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
25.03.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
01.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
22.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
29.04.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
06.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
13.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
20.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
27.05.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
03.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
10.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
17.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Wednesday
24.06.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In the context of our research project "Trauma, Memory, and Narrative", this seminar will analyse the relation of art and reality in 5 selected novels. The focus will be on the ways in which art becomes a mirror of contemporary social and political reality, on the transforming powers of the literary imagination, on the relation of trauma and art and its function with regard to sublimation and healing.
Assessment and permitted materials
class participation, oral presentation, essay (22-25 pages), and final written test.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students become acquainted with contemporary South African literature, the political situation after the fall of apartheid, with modern trauma theory and the role of narration, with literary theories focussing on the relation of art and reality.
Examination topics
Oral presentations of selected novels and topics, with subsequent discussion in class. A list of four early topics will be available at the end of January on our notice board (1st floor). Students volunteering for these early topics should sign up and inform Dr. Dieter Fuchs about their choice by e-mail. They will be accepted automatically for this seminar.
Reading list
The following novels will be discussed: Zakes Mda, The Madonna of the Excelsior (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002); Susan Mann, One Tongue Singing (London: Vintage, 2005); Susan Mann, Quarter Tones (London: Harvill Secker, 2007); Joanne Fedler, The Dreamcloth (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2005); Damon Galgut, The Impostor (London: Penguin, 2008).
Association in the course directory
322, 821, 722, 1121
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