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Proseminar II: Writing 'Indian Country' Today: Native American Literature- Dozent/in
- Claudia Deetjen
- Angaben
- Proseminar
2 SWS, benoteter Schein
Zeit und Ort: Mi 18:00 - 19:30, MS12/015
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Magister, Diplom und Lehramt: Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft
BA: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Please register by e-mail (ClaudiaDeetjen@gmx.de) until October 13, 2007.
- Inhalt
- The publication of N. Scott Momaday’s novel House Made of Dawn (1968) launched the so-called Native American Renaissance. Today some of the most promising and exciting young authors in the American literary scene are Native American writers. The short stories by Sherman Alexie and the novel by Linda Hogan that we will read combine techniques of 20th century American literature with expressions of Native American oral traditions. In order to really understand these texts, we will learn about histories and cultural contexts of Native American peoples. The works chosen for this seminar are by writers from the Kiowa, the Spokane and the Chickasaw tribes of Montana, Washington and Oklahoma. In the analysis of these two twentieth-century novels and the collection of short stories, we will see how Native American writers negotiate themes of ongoing colonial history and its personal effects in Indian Country. In the first two weeks there will be a short test on knowledge of the primary texts.
A 'Schein' requires regular attendance and participation, a presentation in class and a written paper of 10-12 pages (in English!) to be handed in by March 7, 2008.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Please buy the following texts:
Alexie, Sherman. The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. New York: George Press, 1993/2005. ISBN-10: 0802141676, ISBN-13: 978-0802141675
Hogan, Linda. Mean Spirit. New York: Ivy Books, 1990/1992. ISBN-10: 0804108633, ISBN-13: 978-0804108638
Scott Momaday, N. House Made of Dawn. New York: Harper Collins, 1968/1999. ISBN-10: 0060931949, ISBN-13: 978-0060931940
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 6
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 30
- Institution: Professur für Anglistik und Amerikanistik mit Schwerpunkt Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft
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