120022 VO Literatures in English (2009W)
Trauma, Memory and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel
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Diese LVA gilt für die Masterstudien Englisch nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
Details
max. 150 participants
Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
12.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
19.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
09.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
16.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
23.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
30.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
07.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
14.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
11.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Monday
18.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture will give a comprehensive introduction into the contemporary South African Novel after the fall of Apartheid by concentrating on the relation of trauma, memory and narrative.
Assessment and permitted materials
Final written test.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students become aquainted with a fascinating and quickly expanding field in the so-called New English Literatures and the postcolonial novel. They understand why ¿trauma' has become one of the most important concepts with which theorists try to make sense of our postmodern world.
Examination topics
lecture, Power Point presentation, e-learning
Reading list
J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace; Zakes Mda, Ways of Dying; Lisa Fugard, Skinner's Drift; Susan Mann, Quarter Tones; Zoe Wicomb, David's Story (all in Pb.)
Association in the course directory
Diplom 343, UF 344, MA 812, MA 844
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33