Universität Wien

123222 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2015W)

The Contemporary South African Trauma Novel

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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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. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 20.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 27.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 03.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 10.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 17.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 24.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 01.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 15.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 12.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 19.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 26.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students will become acquainted with trauma theory, its relation to narrative, with various types of trauma (individual, communal, intergenerational) and their reflections in the novel, and with selected topics related to the representation of trauma.

Students volunteering for one of the following early topics should contact Prof. Mengel by e-mail: ewald.mengel@univie.ac.at.

Lisa Fugard, "Skinner's Drift"
1) The Importance of the South African Farm Novel in the Context of South African Literature
2) Trauma and the Farm: Skinner's Drift
3) Forms of Trauma: White and Black, Male and Female
4) Kristeva's Concept of the 'Abject': Black Workers on the Farm

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation, oral presentation (20-30 minutes), essay (15-17 pages - for BA students writing their BA thesis 25-27 pages), and final written test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students will learn how different aspects of trauma theory may be applied to the analysis of the contemporary South African trauma novel. They will gain insight into the different ways in which the novelists 'speak about the unspeakable', and literature's functions with regard to a traumatised country.

Examination topics

Oral presentations followed by discussion, e-learning platform.

Reading list

Lisa Fugard, "Skinner's Drift"; Zakes Mda, "Heart of Redness"; Sindiwe Magona, "Mother to Mother"; Patricia Schonstein, "A Quilt of Dreams"; Michiel Heyns, "Lost Ground". Copies of "Skinner's Drift" und "A Quilt of Dreams" will be made to order in our SSS. All other books will be available at the Campus bookstores.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4,
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374

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