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Reading Black British Women Writers- Dozent/in
- Touhid Chowdhury, M.A.
- Angaben
- Seminar/Proseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gender und Diversität, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium
Zeit und Ort: Mi 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.17
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
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: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- Bernardine Evaristo winning the Booker Prize in 2019, acknowledged the new group of writers: Black, female writers, who do not fall under the canonical scenario of the British literary culture. On the one hand, categorising this group of writers under the umbrella term “Black British Women Writers” because of their racial and sexual identity may often appear to be, what Salman Rushdie argued about the Commonwealth literature too, an “exclusive ghetto.” However, on the other hand, this categorisation enables a renewed discussion on re-imagining and re-contextualising the never old debates on race, sexuality, diversity, and identity. Moreover, the works of these writers also provoked a new debate and conversation about the concepts of nation, home, and belonging.
Suzanne Scafe, co-author of Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain (1985), once said in an interview that writing by Black authors, in general, aspires to disrupt, intervene, and transform contemporary discourses of power, knowledge, and feeling. In line with Suzanne Scafe, this course will read and discuss writings by “Black British Women Writers” to see the disruption, intervention, and transformation it brings into our understanding of race and gender discourse of contemporary Great Britain. We will read and critically analyse works by authors like Andrea Levy, Bernardine Evaristo, and Zadie Smith in relation to race, gender, ethnicity, diversity, nationality, and identity.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Obligatory reading:
Bedford, Simi. Yoruba Girl Dancing (1991)
Evaristo, Bernardine. Girl, Women, Other (2019)
green, debbie tucker. Hang (2015)
Kay, Jackie. Wish I Was Here (2006)
Levy, Andrea. Small Island (2004)
Smith, Zadie. White Teeth (2000)
A list with further readings will be provided during the semester.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Reading Black British Women Writers
- Credits: 6
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
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: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- Bernardine Evaristo winning the Booker Prize in 2019, acknowledged the new group of writers: Black, female writers, who do not fall under the canonical scenario of the British literary culture. On the one hand, categorising this group of writers under the umbrella term “Black British Women Writers” because of their racial and sexual identity may often appear to be, what Salman Rushdie argued about the Commonwealth literature too, an “exclusive ghetto.” However, on the other hand, this categorisation enables a renewed discussion on re-imagining and re-contextualising the never old debates on race, sexuality, diversity, and identity. Moreover, the works of these writers also provoked a new debate and conversation about the concepts of nation, home, and belonging.
Suzanne Scafe, co-author of Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain (1985), once said in an interview that writing by Black authors, in general, aspires to disrupt, intervene, and transform contemporary discourses of power, knowledge, and feeling. In line with Suzanne Scafe, this course will read and discuss writings by “Black British Women Writers” to see the disruption, intervention, and transformation it brings into our understanding of race and gender discourse of contemporary Great Britain. We will read and critically analyse works by authors like Andrea Levy, Bernardine Evaristo, and Zadie Smith in relation to race, gender, ethnicity, diversity, nationality, and identity.
- Literature
- Obligatory reading:
Bedford, Simi. Yoruba Girl Dancing (1991)
Evaristo, Bernardine. Girl, Women, Other (2019)
green, debbie tucker. Hang (2015)
Kay, Jackie. Wish I Was Here (2006)
Levy, Andrea. Small Island (2004)
Smith, Zadie. White Teeth (2000)
A list with further readings will be provided during the semester.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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