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123222 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2012S)

The Contemporary South African Farm Novel

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

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).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 14.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 28.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 29.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Wednesday 18.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 25.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 02.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 09.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 16.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 23.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 30.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 06.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 13.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 20.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Wednesday 27.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will deal with one of the most important subgenres of the contemporary South African trauma novel, the plaasroman.

Assessment and permitted materials

class participation, oral presentation, essay (22-25 pages), and final written test

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students become acquainted with form, content, and style of contemporary South African plaasromans and their social and political context. They will gain insight into fictional microcosms that symbolically reflect the macrocosm of South African society.

Examination topics

oral presentations in class followed by discussions

Reading list

J.M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country (1977); Lewis DeSoto, A Blade of Grass (2003); Lisa Fugard, Skinner's Drift (2005); Rachel Zadok, Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005); Marlene van Niekerk, The Way of the Women (2008); Mark Behr, Kings of the Water (2009) (pb). Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country is out of print, but will be available before the beginning of the semester in copied form. All the other books will be available at the Campus bookshops.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723, 821, UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0216

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