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120035 SE Literary Seminar: Trauma, Memory and Narrative in the Contemp. SA Novel (2008S)

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

ECTS UF Englisch: 3.00

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 04.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 11.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 18.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 25.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 01.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 08.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 15.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 22.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 29.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 06.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 13.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 20.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 27.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 03.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 10.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 17.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 24.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

South African literature abounds with traumatized individuals and traumatizing events. Rape, torture, murder, civil war - violence in all imaginable shapes and sizes - are characteristic features of the contemporary South African novel. The novelists themselves seem to have been traumatized by history. They were witnesses of what happened under the apartheid regime; more often than not, they were victims who decided to leave their home country, either because they could no longer endure what was going on, or because they were forced to go into exile. In their novels they feature traumatized individuals and put their experiences into words. Their works also bear witness to the collective trauma of their nation, and, as such, they are narrative attempts of coming to terms with the past.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This seminar will elucidate the relation of trauma theory, memory, and narratology with the help of examples taken from the contemporary South African novel.

Examination topics

Paper presentation, all-class discussion of mandatory readings, applying modern trauma theory and narratology to the selected novels, research paper of 22 to 25 pages, final written test.

Reading list

Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe, Lisa Fugard, Skinner's Drift, Patricia Schonstein, A Quilt of Dreams, Zoe Wicomb, David's Story, Jann Turner, Southern Cross (all available in paperbacks).

Association in the course directory

322, 821, 328, 338, 722, K 521, K 522, K531, K532

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