17317
Proseminar
WiSe 20/21: PS-Surveying English Literatures: Self and Other in Contemporary Literature
Wolfram Keller Lea von der Linde
Kommentar
In this seminar, we shall read four recently published novels/novellas. All four works deal in different ways with questions of identity. In the course of the semester, we will discuss how these texts construct and deconstruct selves and others: How do the texts construct ethnicity, nationality, and belonging? How are race, gender, sexuality, and class represented - and how do these constructions intersect with one another? At the beginning of the semester, we will discuss our expectations and potential approaches to contemporary literature. We shall then analyze the following works: Ali Smith, How to Be Both (2014), Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth (2018), Bernadine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other (2019), and Sylvain Neuvel, The Test (2019). At the end of the semester, we will offer a session on how to write a term paper. We strongly recommend that students have at least read Smith’s How to Be Both by the beginning of the semester. This class is taught in weekly online sessions.
Schließen
14 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 03.11.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 10.11.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 17.11.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 24.11.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 01.12.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 08.12.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 15.12.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 05.01.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 12.01.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 19.01.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 26.01.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 02.02.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 09.02.2021 14:15 - 15:45
Di, 16.02.2021 14:15 - 15:45