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Graduate Course
SoSe 18: Samuel Fischer Visiting Professor
Édouard Louis
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We will explore how authors, such as Marguerite Duras, Toni Morrison, Imre Kertész, Svetlana Alexievitch, Tash Aw, Michel Foucault etc., tried to understand our world by analyzing its violence (sexual, racial, penal, or in terms of class domination). What can violence teach us about our being or our feelings? What is the link between truth and violence? What can literature do against violence? And, of course, is there a specific kind of violence, generated by literature? Our class will consist mainly of discussion, with occasional in-class writing exercises and presentations.
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Suggested reading
Required reading:
Beloved, Toni Morrison;
History of Sexuality Volume 1, Michel Foucault;
The Ravishing of Lol Stein, Marguerite Duras;
The Face: Strangers on a Pier, Tash Aw;
Night Sky with Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong;
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8 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Fri, 2018-06-08 12:00 - 18:00 Fri, 2018-07-06 12:00 - 18:00Regular appointments
Tue, 2018-05-29 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-06-05 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-06-12 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-06-19 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-06-26 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-07-03 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-07-10 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2018-07-17 14:00 - 16:00