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Postcolonial Literature (AE_MSPoCoL)

Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Gerd Bayer, Akad. Dir.

Details
PS (MS, PO 2020)
Präsenz
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Wed 10:15 - 11:45, C 301

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Modulzugehörigkeit:
  • Lehramt Englisch an Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen: Seminarmodul L-UF Literature

  • Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Literature

  • BA English and American Studies: Zwischenmodul II Literature

  • Scheinerwerb: mündliche Präsentation mit schriftlicher Dokumentation

Contents
In this seminar we will read a selection of postcolonial literature from Africa and discuss the texts in the contexts of relevant theoretical discourses. Topics such as racism, cultural appropriation, corporeality and trauma will structure the course discussions.

Recommended literature
  • Ngugi wa Thiongo, Weep not Child;
  • Nadine Gordimer, Get a Life;

  • Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body.

Additional information
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Wednesday, 1.9.2021, 09.00 and lasts till Saturday, 23.10.2021, 22.00 über: mein Campus.

Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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