Food in Literature

Dozent/in:

Chiara Manghi

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 1.7.2019, 18:00 - 22:00, U5/00.17
CLASS STARTS IN WEEK 2
ab 2.5.2019

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

PLEASE NOTE: CLASS STARTS IN WEEK 2!

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• MA English and American Studies

• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

• BSc. BWL

• MA WiPäd

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2019 (10:00) - 04.07.2019 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Food appears in literary texts in countless forms: within a set of religious norms, with a specific symbolic meaning, within a narrative of conviviality, as means of survival,
as a recipe mentioned and described in a text and sometimes present as a paratextual element, just to mention some of the possibilities.
In this class we will learn how food in fiction can be an indicator of identity, gender, religion and, of course, power.
We will explore texts throughout the history of English literature (with some necessary short excerpts from other countries). Working with the Norton Anthology of Food Writing, we will, for instance, find an invitation to supper in Ben Johnson s poetry, read Jonathan Swift s A Modest Proposal (his solution to the famine in Ireland eating babies), poetry by Seamus Heaney, Charles Lamb s very entertaining A Dissertation upon a Roast Pig, as well as texts by contemporary authors and theorists such as Jumpa Lahiri and Terry Eagleton.
You will also become familiar with some other canonical texts outside of the British context, such as Proust s On the Madeleine, Upton Sinclair s The Jungle (I would advise not to eat before that specific reading), Walter Benjamin s reflections on eating, Roland Barthes meditation on chopsticks, as well as some excerpts from The Old Testament.
We will read in full Natasha Solomons novel Mr Rosenblum's List or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman, where the protagonists very different attitudes to Jewish recipes, memory and culture represent opposite approaches to life after fleeing Germany during WWII, where Jack Rosenblum tirelessly tries to assimilate and to become a British gentleman by trying to forget his Jewish identity, whereas his wife Sadie stubbornly clings to the memories of her family, specifically cooking through her family cookbook. We will also read a non-fictional text, Anthony Bourdain s memoir and behind-the-scenes of the kitchen subculture, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.

Empfohlene Literatur:

·Sandra M. Gilbert and Roger J. Porter. Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing.
·Anthony Bourdain. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
·Natasha Solomons. Mr Rosenblum's List or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman.
Please read Natasha Solomons Mr Rosenblum's List before the beginning of class. Please take with you Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing to the first session of class. You need to acquire a copy of the book, since we will read and discuss most of it.

Nachholtermine Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Chiara Manghi, Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/01.36
Einzeltermin am 15.7.2019, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2019 (10:00) - 04.07.2019 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

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Empfohlene Literatur:

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