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Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (Course 1) -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Seminar, 3 SWS, ECTS: 6, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Mo, 9:00 - 11:15, Raum n.V.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Verwendbarkeit/Module applicability:
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Einführung Kulturwissenschaft (6 ECTS)
B.A. Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Basismodul Anglistik: Einführung Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft(6 ECTS mit Klausur, 2 ECTS ohne Klausur)
Lehrämter (neu): GS/HS/RS/BS/GYM Basismodul
Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Einführung Kulturwissenschaft (5 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (6 ECTS)
Please note that the Institut is offering a total of five Introduction courses in Cultural Studies in WS 2021-22 (numbered 1-5). Although they vary in content and approach, these are 'Parallelkurse': i.e. they are all part of the 'Basismodul in Kulturwissenschaft'. You are free to sign up for any one of them, and none of the courses will limit your choice of seminars in future semesters.
Lehrformen/Taught by
Textstudium in Heimarbeit; Besuch fakultativer Tutorien/Seminars; complemented by guest lectures, independent study of texts and voluntaty attendance of tutorials.
Prüfungsformen/Examined by
Schriftliche Prüfung, aktive Mitarbeit/Written examination, active participation.
Klausurtermin: Montag, 31. Januar 2022, 09:30-11:00 Uhr, in LU19/00.11
Wiederholungsklausur: Freitag, 25. Februar 2022, 09:30-11:00 Uhr, in KR12/02.05. (Neue Anmeldung über FlexNow erforderlich - s. hierzu gesonderten UnivIS-Eintrag "Wiederholungsklausur: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies".) Bitte lesen Sie auch gründlich die Informationen zum Semester auf unserer Website./Please also read carefully the information on the semester which is on our website.
- Inhalt:
- Das Seminar führt in zentrale methodische Fragestellungen, Grundbegriffe, theoretische Modelle und historische Zusammenhänge des Faches Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft ein. Der Kurs findet sowohl in englischer als auch deutscher Sprache statt, um die Studierenden mit beiden Wissenschaftssprachen vertraut zu machen.
The seminar is an introduction to the essential methodological problems, principles, theoretical models, and historical contexts indispensable for the academic pursuit of British and American cultural studies. The course is conducted in both English and German, in order to familiarize the students with the specialized academic use of both languages.
Lernergebnisse, Kompetenzen/Learning outcomes, Skills:
Grundthemen und Fragestellungen der Kulturwissenschaften konsequent mit literarischen Texten und Lektüren zu verbinden, ihre inhaltlichen Zusammenhänge zu erkennen, systematisch zu rekonstruieren sowie diese kritisch in Wort und Schrift zu analysieren. Es wird ein erster Überblick in kulturwissenschaftliche Analysemodelle und Fachterminologie gewonnen. Ferner werden grundlegende Kompetenzen sowohl formaler als auch zielsprachlicher Art vermittelt. Die kommunikativen und sozialen Kompetenzen der Studierenden werden durch interaktive und projektbezogene Gruppenarbeit gefordert und gefördert.
To relate in a logical fashion the central themes and problems of cultural studies with literary texts, and also to recognize, reconstruct, express and analyse in spoken and written form their mutual relevance. In the first instance the analytical models and special terminology of cultural studies will be established. Thereafter basic skills of both a formal and linguistic nature will be developed. Students' ability to communicate and interact in an academic setting will be both required and promoted by interactive group projects.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Primär- und Sekundärliteratur wird in den Seminarstunden angegeben bzw. auf dem VC gespeichert.
Primary and secondary literature will be distributed in the seminar sessions and/or posted on the VC.
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Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (Course 3) -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Seminar, 3 SWS, ECTS: 6, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Mi, 9:15 - 11:30, Raum n.V.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Verwendbarkeit/Module applicability:
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Einführung Kulturwissenschaft (6 ECTS)
B.A. Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Basismodul Anglistik: Einführung Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (6 ECTS mit Klausur, 2 ECTS ohne Klausur)
Lehrämter (neu): GS/HS/RS/BS/GYM Basismodul
Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Einführung Kulturwissenschaft (5 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (6 ECTS)
Please note that the Institut is offering a total of five Introduction courses in Cultural Studies in WS 2021-22. Although they vary in content and approach, these are 'Parallelkurse': i.e. they are all part of the 'Basismodul in Kulturwissenschaft'. You are free to sign up for any one of them, and none of the courses will limit your choice of seminars in future semesters.
Lehrformen/Taught by
Textstudium in Heimarbeit; Besuch fakultativer Tutorien/Seminars; complemented by guest lectures, independent study of texts and voluntaty attendance of tutorials.
Prüfungsformen/Examined by
Schriftliche Prüfung, aktive Mitarbeit/Written examination, active participation.
Klausurtermin: Mittwoch, 02. Februar 2022, 09:30-11:00 Uhr, in LU19/00.09
Wiederholungsklausur: Freitag, 25. Februar 2022, 09:30-11:00 Uhr, in KR12/02.05. (Neue Anmeldung über FlexNow erforderlich - s. hierzu gesonderten UnivIS-Eintrag "Wiederholungsklausur: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies".)
Bitte lesen Sie auch gründlich die Informationen zum Semester auf unserer Website./Please also read carefully the information on the semester which is on our website.
- Inhalt:
- Das Seminar führt in zentrale methodische Fragestellungen, Grundbegriffe, theoretische Modelle und historische Zusammenhänge des Faches Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft ein. Der Kurs findet sowohl in englischer als auch deutscher Sprache statt, um die Studierenden mit beiden Wissenschaftssprachen vertraut zu machen.
The seminar is an introduction to the essential methodological problems, principles, theoretical models, and historical contexts indispensable for the academic pursuit of British and American cultural studies. The course is conducted in both English and German, in order to familiarize the students with the specialized academic use of both languages.
Lernergebnisse, Kompetenzen/Learning outcomes, Skills:
Grundthemen und Fragestellungen der Kulturwissenschaften konsequent mit literarischen Texten und Lektüren zu verbinden, ihre inhaltlichen Zusammenhänge zu erkennen, systematisch zu rekonstruieren sowie diese kritisch in Wort und Schrift zu analysieren. Es wird ein erster Überblick in kulturwissenschaftliche Analysemodelle und Fachterminologie gewonnen. Ferner werden grundlegende Kompetenzen sowohl formaler als auch zielsprachlicher Art vermittelt. Die kommunikativen und sozialen Kompetenzen der Studierenden werden durch interaktive und projektbezogene Gruppenarbeit gefordert und gefördert.
To relate in a logical fashion the central themes and problems of cultural studies with literary texts, and also to recognize, reconstruct, express and analyse in spoken and written form their mutual relevance. In the first instance the analytical models and special terminology of cultural studies will be established. Thereafter basic skills of both a formal and linguistic nature will be developed. Students' ability to communicate and interact in an academic setting will be both required and promoted by interactive group projects.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Primär- und Sekundärliteratur wird in den Seminarstunden angegeben bzw. auf dem VC gespeichert.
Primary and secondary literature will be distributed in the seminar sessions and/or posted on the VC.
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Monsters within and without: Policing the boundaries in fin-de-siècle British Literature and Culture -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Di, 16:00 - 18:00, LU19/00.11
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Modulzegehörigkeit:
All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for cultural studies for the following courses of study only:
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)
>> OPEN for Consolidation Module literary studies! (ÜBUNG)
Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
Active participation (individual tasks and group work)
Only Consolidation module (cultural studies): oral exam (see the 'Amerikanistik' website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ ).
- Inhalt:
- [A]s unknown [ ] as the darkest reaches of Africa. As a description of the backstreets of London, this quotation, from Arthur Machen s 1895 horror novel The Three Imposters, is typical of tropes of otherness routinely employed in late nineteenth-century British culture. As the Empire reached its high-water mark, and British society exulted in its own self-confidence, an anxiety at the alien was growing in the shadows and at the margins. Even (or perhaps precisely) at the end of a century that had seen the unprecedented advance of science and technology, both the fear and the fascination around ghosts, monsters, and devils of all kinds was permeating literary and cultural production. A sense that secure borders were crumbling found a virulent focal point in a growing fear of the impact of mass immigration, especially from Eastern Europe.
The primary focus of this seminar will be British and Irish literature and culture of the fin de siècle. In particular, we shall consider how literary texts both figured and reflected insecurities and anxieties about human and social identity in relation to its many others . Beginning with a contextual introduction, which will present the scientific, philosophical, and medical backdrop to our texts, we shall develop our theoretical framework around Sigmund Freud s essay Das Unheimliche (1919). This will be followed by a selection of Gothic short stories, and novellas and novels that articulate alterity in its myriad forms. We will begin with Robert Louis Stevenson s chilling tales of terror The Body Snatcher (1884), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Olalla (1896). Moving through Henry James s brilliantly subtle and uncanny ghost stories, we will conclude the course with two of the fin de siècle s greatest novels of alien invasion: Bram Stoker s Dracula (1897) and H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds (1898).
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- I. Primärliteratur:
Please buy and read all the novels in the exact editions stated here. If you buy Kindle versions, or the like, you need to make sure that they include the exact (corresponding) page numbers.
Sigmund Freud, Das Unheimliche (1919).
Henry James, Sir Edmund Orme , in James, The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories, repr. ed. (Oxford: Oxford World s Classics, 2008).
https://www.amazon.de/Screw-Stories-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199536171
Henry James, Owen Wingrave , in ibid.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Olalla , in Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror, repr. ed. (London: Penguin Classics, 2003).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Jekyll-Terror-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439734
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher , in ibid.
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in ibid.
Bram Stoker, Dracula (London: Penguin Classics, 2003).
https://www.amazon.de/Dracula-Penguin-Classics-Bram-Stoker/dp/014143984X
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine (London: Penguin Classics, 2007).
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/H-G-Wells-ebook/dp/B002RI96W6/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=H.+G.+Wells+the+Time+Machine+Penguin&qid=1634820460&qsid=262-3822564-1105617&sr=8-2&sres=0141199342%2C1659539153%2CB09J9YKB33%2C0241277493%2CB09JC8X8ZV%2CB013INN6M4%2CB09252T6FJ%2CB09HMCLKCL%2C0140817824%2CB09BMZ9PNS%2CB0986Z57G1%2CB09HH74ZJ4%2CB00GX32ULU%2CB07PN7FHCG%2C184749627X%2C177476119X&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
Freud s essay, Das Unheimliche , along with other materials on the uncanny , will be made available on the VC.
II. Sekundärliteratur:
A list of useful secondary literature, together with a TB4 Semesterapparat, will be made available in the first few weeks of the semester.
Please note that you alone are responsible for knowing and keeping track of information made available to you in printed documents and on the Virtual Campus. Needless to say that your active and regular participation is expected. Absences will be excused when they result from circumstances beyond students control (illness, family emergency, religious holiday).
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Monsters within and without: Policing the boundaries in fin-de-siècle British Literature and Culture -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Di, 16:00 - 18:00, LU19/00.11
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Teilnahmevoraussetzungen/Conditions of participation
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Abgeschlossenes Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft
Lehrämter (neu): GYM Abgeschlossenes Basismodul
Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft
B.A./LA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Abgeschlossenes Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Modulzugehörigkeit/Module applicability
I. Literaturwissenschaft:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodule Literaturwissenschaft
Please note that you can find this 'Literaturwissenschaft' seminar listed under the rubric of 'LS Britische Kultur' in FlexNow.
II. Kulturwissenschaft:
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur (6 ECTS)
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Ergänzungsmodul (ab WS 2014/15; je nach Belegung des Faches 6, 4 oder 3 ECTS)
Lehrämter (neu): GYM Aufbaumodul; GYM Wahlpflichtmodul (Kombination mit Russisch) Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur (5 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (6 ECTS)
The Aufbaumodul will be examined by a term paper (3,000-4,000 words); the Ergänzungsmodul will be assessed by an oral examination. Further information on the examinations can be obtained from this address: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/britcult/studium/ .
- Inhalt:
- “[A]s unknown […] as the darkest reaches of Africa.” As a description of the backstreets of London, this quotation, from Arthur Machen’s 1895 horror novel The Three Imposters, is typical of tropes of ‘otherness’ routinely employed in late nineteenth-century British culture. As the Empire reached its high-water mark, and British society exulted in its own self-confidence, an anxiety at ‘the alien’ was growing in the shadows and at the margins. Even (or perhaps precisely) at the end of a century that had seen the unprecedented advance of science and technology, both the fear and the fascination around ghosts, monsters, and devils of all kinds was permeating literary and cultural production. A sense that secure borders were crumbling found a virulent focal point in a growing fear of the impact of mass immigration, especially from Eastern Europe.
The primary focus of this seminar will be British and Irish literature and culture of the fin de siècle. In particular, we shall consider how literary texts both figured and reflected insecurities and anxieties about human and social identity in relation to its many ‘others’. Beginning with a contextual introduction, which will present the scientific, philosophical, and medical backdrop to our texts, we shall develop our theoretical framework around Sigmund Freud’s essay ‘Das Unheimliche’ (1919). This will be followed by a selection of Gothic short stories, and novellas and novels that articulate alterity in its myriad forms. We will begin with Robert Louis Stevenson’s chilling ‘tales of terror’ ‘The Body Snatcher’ (1884), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and ‘Olalla’ (1896). Moving through Henry James’s brilliantly subtle and uncanny ghost stories, we will conclude the course with two of the fin de siècle’s greatest novels of aliens and monstrous Others: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine (1895).
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- I. Primärliteratur:
Please buy and read all the novels in the exact editions stated here. If you buy Kindle versions, or the like, you need to make sure that they include the exact (corresponding) page numbers.
Sigmund Freud, ‘Das Unheimliche’ (1919).
Henry James, ‘Sir Edmund Orme’, in James, The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories, repr. ed. (Oxford: Oxford World’s Classics, 2008). https://www.amazon.de/Screw-Stories-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199536171
Henry James, ‘Owen Wingrave’, in ibid.
Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘Olalla’, in Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror, repr. ed. (London: Penguin Classics, 2003). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Jekyll-Terror-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439734
Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘The Body Snatcher’, in ibid.
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in ibid.
Bram Stoker, Dracula (London: Penguin Classics, 2003). https://www.amazon.de/Dracula-Penguin-Classics-Bram-Stoker/dp/014143984X
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine (London: Penguin Classics, 2007). https://www.amazon.de/-/en/H-G-Wells-ebook/dp/B002RI96W6/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=H.+G.+Wells+the+Time+Machine+Penguin&qid=1634820460&qsid=262-3822564-1105617&sr=8-2&sres=0141199342%2C1659539153%2CB09J9YKB33%2C0241277493%2CB09JC8X8ZV%2CB013INN6M4%2CB09252T6FJ%2CB09HMCLKCL%2C0140817824%2CB09BMZ9PNS%2CB0986Z57G1%2CB09HH74ZJ4%2CB00GX32ULU%2CB07PN7FHCG%2C184749627X%2C177476119X&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
Freud’s essay, ‘Das Unheimliche’, along with other materials on ‘the uncanny’, will be made available on the VC.
II. Sekundärliteratur:
A list of useful secondary literature, together with a TB4 Semesterapparat, will be made available in the first few weeks of the semester.
Please note that you alone are responsible for knowing and keeping track of information made available to you in printed documents and on the Virtual Campus. Needless to say that your active and regular participation is expected. Absences will be excused when they result from circumstances beyond students’ control (illness, family emergency, religious holiday).
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‘Writing back?’ Legacies of Empire in Postwar Britain -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Seminar/Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Mo, 11:30 - 13:00, Raum n.V.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Teilnahmevoraussetzungen/Conditions of participation
B.A / LA GY Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Abgeschlossenes Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft
B.A / LA GY Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Abgeschlossenes Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
Modulzugehörigkeit/Module applicability
I. Literaturwissenschaft:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)
Open for Consolidation Module Literature (seminar); NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul.
Please note that you can find this 'Literaturwissenschaft' seminar listed under the rubric of 'LS Britische Kultur' in FlexNow.
II. Kulturwissenschaft:
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar (6 ECTS)
M.A. English and American Studies: Master Module English and American Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Culture I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Culture I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer M.A.: Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)
M.A. Literatur und Medien: Literatur-, Medien- und Kulturtheorie, Erweiterung Literatur-, Medien- und Kulturtheorie
LA (alt) alle, Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Kulturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives: Mastermodul Cultural Studies
Restricted Electives: Profilmodul Cultural Studies
The Vertiefungsmodule and Mastermodule will be examined by a term paper (3,500-4,500 and 4,500-6,000 words respectively); the Consolidation Modules will be assessed by an oral examination. Further information on the examinations can be obtained from this address: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/britcult/studium/ .
- Inhalt:
- “My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. I am often considered to be a funny kind of Englishman, a new breed as it were, having emerged from two old histories.” Thus begins Hanif Kureishi’s picaresque novel of identities lost and identities re-forged, The Buddha of Suburbia: a state-of-the-nation snapshot of 1970s Britain, certainly, but also a wry portrait of the myriad challenges of location and adaptation faced by first- and second-generation migrants in a ‘mother country’ that was by turns indifferent and hostile. In 2021, a tolerant and multicultural Britain may be a mixture of fantasy and reality – but even the ‘reality’, as we have recently seen, has surprisingly shallow historical roots.
One the basis of the theoretical framework supplied by Edward Said, Stuart Hall, and Homi K. Bhabha, we will be reading some of the finest literary work to have emerged from the problematic legacy of Empire. We start with Sam Selvon’s classic novel, The Lonely Londoners (1956), an exploration of the struggles of belonging and discrimination faced by the first generation of immigrants from the West Indies. Andrea Levy’s epic bestseller, Small Island (2004) intertwines multiple stories and perspectives in a tale of love, loss, new homes, and new identities. The Buddha of Suburbia traces out Karim’s attempts, as the mixed-race son of an Indian immigrant, to find his own path. Finally, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) crosses cultures, generations, and much else besides in a multi-stranded account of Britain’s complex attitude towards its Commonwealth.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- I. Primärliteratur:
Please buy and read all the novels in the exact editions stated here. If you buy Kindle versions, or the like, you need to make sure that they include the exact (corresponding) page numbers.
Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture (London: Routledge, 2004).
Stuart Hall, ‘Culture, Community, Nation’ (1993), and ‘Cultural Identity and Diaspora’ (1990).
Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia (London: Faber & Faber, 1999).
Andrea Levy, Small Island (London: Tinder Press, 2004); John Alexander (dir.), Small Island (2015).
Edward Said, Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (London: Penguin Modern Classics, 2003).
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (London: Penguin Modern Classics, 2006).
Zadie Smith, White Teeth (London: Penguin, 2000).
Hall’s essays, as well as extracts from Bhabha and Said, will be made available on the VC.
II. Sekundärliteratur:
A list of useful secondary literature, together with a TB4 Semesterapparat, will be made available in the first few weeks of the semester.
Please note that you alone are responsible for knowing and keeping track of information made available to you in printed documents and on the Virtual Campus. Needless to say that your active and regular participation is expected. Absences will be excused when they result from circumstances beyond students’ control (illness, family emergency, religious holiday).
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‘Writing back?’ Legacies of Empire in Postwar Britain -
- Dozent/in:
- Robert Craig
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, An-/Abmeldung über FlexNow: 23.07.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 22.10.2021 (23:59 Uhr); An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung über FlexNow: 13.12.2021 (10:00 Uhr) bis 24.01.2022 (23:59 Uhr)
- Termine:
- Mo, 11:30 - 13:00, Raum n.V.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Modulzegehörigkeit:
All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for cultural studies for the following courses of study only:
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)
>> OPEN for Consolidation Module literary studies! (ÜBUNG)
Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
Active participation (individual tasks and group work)
Only Consolidation module (cultural studies): oral exam (see the 'Amerikanistik' website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ ).
- Inhalt:
- “My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. I am often considered to be a funny kind of Englishman, a new breed as it were, having emerged from two old histories.” Thus begins Hanif Kureishi’s picaresque novel of identities lost and identities re-forged, The Buddha of Suburbia: a state-of-the-nation snapshot of 1970s Britain, certainly, but also a wry portrait of the myriad challenges of location and adaptation faced by first- and second-generation migrants in a ‘mother country’ that was by turns indifferent and hostile. In 2021, a tolerant and multicultural Britain may be a mixture of fantasy and reality – but even the ‘reality’, as we have recently seen, has surprisingly shallow historical roots.
One the basis of the theoretical framework supplied by Edward Said, Stuart Hall, and Homi K. Bhabha, we will be reading some of the finest literary work to have emerged from the problematic legacy of Empire. We start with Sam Selvon’s classic novel, The Lonely Londoners (1956), an exploration of the struggles of belonging and discrimination faced by the first generation of immigrants from the West Indies. Andrea Levy’s epic bestseller, Small Island (2004) intertwines multiple stories and perspectives in a tale of love, loss, new homes, and new identities. The Buddha of Suburbia traces out Karim’s attempts, as the mixed-race son of an Indian immigrant, to find his own path. Finally, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (2000) crosses cultures, generations, and much else besides in a multi-stranded account of Britain’s complex attitude towards its Commonwealth.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- I. Primärliteratur:
Please buy and read all the novels in the exact editions stated here. If you buy Kindle versions, or the like, you need to make sure that they include the exact (corresponding) page numbers.
Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture (London: Routledge, 2004).
Stuart Hall, ‘Culture, Community, Nation’ (1993), and ‘Cultural Identity and Diaspora’ (1990).
Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia (London: Faber & Faber, 1999).
Andrea Levy, Small Island (London: Tinder Press, 2004); John Alexander (dir.), Small Island (2015).
Edward Said, Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (London: Penguin Modern Classics, 2003).
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (London: Penguin Modern Classics, 2006).
Zadie Smith, White Teeth (London: Penguin, 2000).
Hall’s essays, as well as extracts from Bhabha and Said, will be made available on the VC.
II. Sekundärliteratur:
A list of useful secondary literature, together with a TB4 Semesterapparat, will be made available in the first few weeks of the semester.
Please note that you alone are responsible for knowing and keeping track of information made available to you in printed documents and on the Virtual Campus. Needless to say that your active and regular participation is expected. Absences will be excused when they result from circumstances beyond students’ control (illness, family emergency, religious holiday).
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