32201
Vertiefungsseminar
WiSe 17/18: The Slave Narrative
James Dorson
Kommentar
This class examines the genre of the slave narrative from its earliest development in the eighteenth century until recent rewritings of the genre and its contemporary relevance for reflecting and challenging processes of racialization today. We will be concerned with both the formal elements of the genre and its historical context, specifically the brutal management of slave labor and its psychological, cultural, and socioeconomic repercussions for African Americans ever since. Among other aspects of the slave narrative, we will examine how authors gain narrative authority through the use of different literary strategies, how they use the genre to challenge the institution of slavery as well as to fashion their own identities, how slave narratives represent various forms of forced and free labor, and the changing function of the slave narrative over time from its original use in the abolitionist movement to the scrutiny of race relations in the neo-slave narrative today. Schließen
16 Termine
Zusätzliche Termine
Fr, 19.01.2018 10:00 - 12:00Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
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Fr, 03.11.2017 12:00 - 14:00
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Fr, 24.11.2017 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 01.12.2017 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 08.12.2017 12:00 - 14:00
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Fr, 22.12.2017 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 12.01.2018 12:00 - 14:00
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Fr, 26.01.2018 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 02.02.2018 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 09.02.2018 12:00 - 14:00
Fr, 16.02.2018 12:00 - 14:00