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The Sea in North American and German Literature- Dozent/in
- Dr. Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben
- Übung
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium, Unterrichtssprache Deutsch
Zeit und Ort: Di 12:00 - 14:00, U5/02.18
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for LITERARY studies:
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
- LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
- MA English and American Studies
- MA WiPäd
- Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
- Exchange Students (2 or 4 ECTS)
>> OPEN for Consolidation Module LITERARY studies!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
3. FlexNow-Registration:
Please register for this class on FlexNow via the following section (Lehrstuhl): Professur für Amerikanistik. In case of problems contact flexnow.amerikanistik(at)uni-bamberg.de.
- Course (de)enrollment: March 11 – April 22, 2024
- ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10–25, 2024
Registration is open from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.!
Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.
Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik-amerikanistik/studium/flexnow-info/
Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung der Lehrveranstaltung fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.
- Inhalt
- This course has been designed especially for North-American exchange students and German students, inviting them to study each other’s cultures together. Readings and classroom discussions will be both in English and German.
“People on land think of the sea as a void, an emptiness haunted by mythological hazards. The sea marks the end of things. It is where life stops and the unknown begins. It is a necessary, comforting fiction to conceive of the sea as the residence of gods and monsters – Aeolus, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the Goodwins, the Bermuda Triangle. In fact, the sea is just an alternative known world. Its topography is as intricate as that of land, its place names as particular and evocative, its maps and signposts rather more reliable.” (Johnathan Raban, Coasting, p. 220)
In this reading course, we will explore the representation of the sea in a wide range of literary texts from the U.S., Canada, and Germany. The goal is to gain an understanding of the multitude of perspectives that have challenged and enriched readers’ perceptions of the sea: its depth and width, its coastlines and islands, the ships that cross or sink in it, its currents and storms, its human and non-human dwellers and voyagers, and the many stories that are spun around the fascinating maritime wilderness covering approximately 71 percent of our planet’s surface.
We will engage with the sea through the framework of the “blue humanities,” which will be our focus at the outset. After becoming familiar with various concepts of the sea, we will dive into a plethora of literary texts, such as novels, short stories, poems, sea chanties, picture books, non-fiction prose etc. – both in English and in German (English translations are available for most German texts). We will, however, not ‘compare’ German and North American literary perspectives. Instead, we will encounter, explore, and then (re-)assemble these literary impressions of the sea as fluid fragments of an ever-changing – and at the same time permanent – presence in a transatlantic context.
ATTENTION: This is an INTENSIVE READING class (Leseübung)! Participants must be able to read and review quite a lot of material between the weekly sessions. The class is designed to assist you with the reading list of the American Studies Section and aims to contribute to your understanding of key aspects of North American literature.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Most course readings will be provided via the VC, but each student must purchase the following four books either in print or as an e-book and read the first two BEFORE the semester starts:
- Theodor Storm, Der Schimmelreiter (1888)
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea (1951)
- Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us (1951)
- Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade, We Are Water Protectors (2020)
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- The Sea in North American and German Literature
- Credits: 2
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 25
- Institution: Professur für Amerikanistik
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