“The Clash of Cultures” and Immigrant Experience in Brick Lane

Dozent/in:

Mahbub Alam

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, The class takes place every biweekly, starting in week two

Termine:

Mo, 16:00 - 19:30, MG1/01.02
Sessions held on: 29 April, 13 May, 27 May, 17 June, 24 June, 8 July, 22 July

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kultur wissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Übung
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in literary studies in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

MA Berufliche Bildung

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

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:

In Brick Lane Monica Ali presents identity crisis and uncertainty of belongingness among Bangladeshi immigrants. Some immigrants call the country they originally come from home, despite having British citizenship. This particular group of immigrants endeavors to keep their cultural identity, while another sees England as their new homeland and accepts new cultural trends.
In this seminar we will investigate these conflicts among the first and second generation of immigrants from multicultural perspectives and discuss related topics such as immigration, integration, assimilation and cultural identity.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Brick Lane Monica Ali
Course materials will be made available on VC.