Universität Wien

135823 KO KO-M2: Reading African Nobel Laureates (1): Mahfüz (Egypt) and Coetzee (South Africa) (2022W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Finno-Ugristik, Nederlandistik, Skandinavistik und Vergl.Literaturw.
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED
Moodle

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max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

    Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    Hello,

    the course will be run in a hybrid format (onsite and online)!

    The first session on October 6, 2022, will be held online!
    You will receive a moodle-link in time!
    Looking forward to our journey together.

    Rémi Tchokothe

    Thursday 06.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Digital
    Thursday 13.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 20.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 27.10. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 03.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Digital
    Thursday 10.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Digital
    Thursday 17.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 24.11. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 01.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Digital
    Thursday 15.12. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 12.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 19.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Hörsaal 1 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
    Thursday 26.01. 16:15 - 17:45 Digital

    Information

    Aims, contents and method of the course

    1. To explore recurrent/ ‘universal’ themes in works by Coetzee and Maḥfūẓ
    2. To bring to light the entanglements between literatures from ‚Africa‘ and the ‚World‘
    3. To encourage my co-teachers to develop a critical reading of the politics and polemics of the literature nobel/novel award
    4. To develop comparative critical-analytical research and presentation skills

    Methods
    1. ACTIVE reading of texts and ACTIVE participation in class
    2. Group work throughout the semester
    3. Group research and oral presentations on selected topics

    Assessment and permitted materials

    1. Regular and ACTIVE participation in class
    2. Group research and group oral presentations (30%)
    3. Critical reading, thinking, handling and writing
    4. The readiness to go the extra mile
    5. Submission of a 15 pages group essay at the end of the semester (70%)

    Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

    1. Group research and group oral presentations (30%)
    2. Submission of a 15 pages group essay at the end of the semester (70%)

    Examination topics

    Course content

    Reading list

    Introductory Readings
    Chamoiseau, Patrick. 2017. Frères Migrants. Paris: Seuil.
    Glissant, Edouard. 1996. Introduction à une poétique du divers. Paris: Gallimard.
    Liyong, Taban lo. 2003. « V.S. Naipaul, Chinua Achebe, Nobel Literature Prizes and African Writers as Cats, Dogs and Chameleons ». In: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 38 (1). South Africa: University of Venda, 1-3.
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0021989404381002
    Meyers, Jeffrey. 2007. « The Literary Politics of the Nobel Prize ». In: The Antioch Review 65 (2), 214 223.
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/40284378
    https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/artsbooks/400155-nobel-prize-for-literatures-irrelevant-to-africans-kenyan-writer-alex-nderitu.html
    Selected works by Coetzee and Maḥfūẓ
    Coetzee, John Maxwell. 1982. Waiting for the Barbarians. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
    Coetzee, John Maxwell. 1998. Boyhood. Scenes from Provincial Life. London: Vintage. Coetzee, John Maxwell. 1999. Disgrace. London: Secker & Warburg.
    Coetzee, John Maxwell. 2016. The Lives of Animals. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    (Attwell, David. 2015. J.M Coetzee and the life of writing. Face to face with time. Oxford: Oxford University Press.)

    Maḥfūẓ, Naǧīb 1995. Arabian Nights and Days. Johnson-Davies, Denys (translator). New York: Doubleday.
    Maḥfūẓ, Naǧīb, 1997. Children of Gebelaawi. Stewart, Philip (translator). Pueblo Colorado: Passeggiata Press.
    Maḥfūẓ, Naǧīb. 2007. L’amante du pharaon. Lafrance, Pierre & Cheikh, Yahya. (traducteurs). Points: Paris.
    Maḥfūẓ, Naǧīb. 2000. La belle du Caire. Vigreux, Philippe (traducteur). Paris: Denoël.
    (El-Enany, Rasheed. 1993. Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning. London: Routledge.)

    Association in the course directory

    MA M2

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