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The quickest writers off the block: Fictional Responses to Brexit- Dozent/in
- Dr. Susan Brähler
- Angaben
- Seminar/Proseminar/Übung
Rein Online
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit: Do 14:00 - 16:00
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6
ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft:
Seminar 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b):
Seminar 6 ECTS
1.2 Übung:
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
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- To elaborate on Theresa May’s now-famous statement, Brexit not only means Brexit, but Brexit also means BrexLit! The label ‘BrexLit’ was coined by the Financial Times in 2016 to account for the substantial – and ongoing – literary output in the years before, during and after the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016, which settled the separation of the UK from the European Union. The Leave vs. Remain campaigns triggered some of the most polarising debates ever witnessed in the UK, laying bare the profound fissures running through British society as well as the traditionally strained relationship between the UK and ‘the Continent’. That these current events call for investigation and explanation from across all disciplines seems only natural and, of course, British writers have contributed their share by exploring, more or less explicitly, the causes and implications of the Brexit referendum through the medium of fiction.
We will begin our seminar by problematising notions of Englishness and Britishness in the 21st century and investigate why the British have been reluctant Europeans from the beginnings of European unification. In a second step, we will examine the vocabulary of the Leave and Remain Campaigns. With these preliminaries in mind, we will explore the heterogeneous field of BrexLit. The mandatory reading for this class will comprise a variety of genres – satire, poetry, drama, short story, the novel and even music and film – and will allow for a discussion of topics as diverse as post-truth politics and fake news, hate crime, the challenges of ageing, the refugee crisis, queer and regional identities as well as environmental affairs.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Reading List:
Ali Smith, Autumn (2016)
Carol Ann Duffy, My Country: A Work in Progress (2017)
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)
Zadie Smith, “The Lazy River” (2017; available online)
Lucien Young, Alice in Brexitland (2017)
Ian McEwan, The Cockroach (2019)
John Lanchester, The Wall (2019)
Alexandra Büchler, Alison Evans, eds. Zero Hours on the Boulevard: Tales of Independence and Belonging (2019; short stories will be made available on the VC)
Poems of the 'Shore to Shore' Tour (will be made available on the VC)
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- The quickest writers off the block: Fictional Responses to Brexit
- Credits: 6
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6
ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft:
Seminar 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b):
Seminar 6 ECTS
1.2 Übung:
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
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- To elaborate on Theresa May’s now-famous statement, Brexit not only means Brexit, but Brexit also means BrexLit! The label ‘BrexLit’ was coined by the Financial Times in 2016 to account for the substantial – and ongoing – literary output in the years before, during and after the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016, which settled the separation of the UK from the European Union. The Leave vs. Remain campaigns triggered some of the most polarising debates ever witnessed in the UK, laying bare the profound fissures running through British society as well as the traditionally strained relationship between the UK and ‘the Continent’. That these current events call for investigation and explanation from across all disciplines seems only natural and, of course, British writers have contributed their share by exploring, more or less explicitly, the causes and implications of the Brexit referendum through the medium of fiction.
We will begin our seminar by problematising notions of Englishness and Britishness in the 21st century and investigate why the British have been reluctant Europeans from the beginnings of European unification. In a second step, we will examine the vocabulary of the Leave and Remain Campaigns. With these preliminaries in mind, we will explore the heterogeneous field of BrexLit. The mandatory reading for this class will comprise a variety of genres – satire, poetry, drama, short story, the novel and even music and film – and will allow for a discussion of topics as diverse as post-truth politics and fake news, hate crime, the challenges of ageing, the refugee crisis, queer and regional identities as well as environmental affairs.
- Literature
- Reading List:
Ali Smith, Autumn (2016)
Carol Ann Duffy, My Country: A Work in Progress (2017)
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)
Zadie Smith, “The Lazy River” (2017; available online)
Lucien Young, Alice in Brexitland (2017)
Ian McEwan, The Cockroach (2019)
John Lanchester, The Wall (2019)
Alexandra Büchler, Alison Evans, eds. Zero Hours on the Boulevard: Tales of Independence and Belonging (2019; short stories will be made available on the VC)
Poems of the 'Shore to Shore' Tour (will be made available on the VC)
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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