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Vorlesungsverzeichnis >> Fakultät Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften >>

  'Writers from elsewhere' II: Reading Abdulrazak Gurnah

Dozent/in
Touhid Chowdhury, M.A.

Angaben
Übung
Rein Online
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit: Mi 12:00 - 14:00; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: All participants registered via FlexNow will be added to the VC course (see link "online") before the course begins. The link to Microsoft Teams will be published on the VC. If you join the course after the first session, please contact the lecturer.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
1. Module Allocation:
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
MSc WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 07.09.2020, 10:00 - 15.11.2020, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt
In his essay “‘Commonwealth Literature’ Does not Exist,” Salman Rushdie devises the idea of ‘writers from elsewhere’ referring to those contemporary novelists, poets and playwrights who, although often not born into the English language have chosen it as the medium of their expression. This new definition, in general, is a reaction to the idea of ‘Commonwealth Literature’ as formal and at times flattering appreciation of a diverse group of writers writing in English. According to Rushdie ‘Commonwealth Literature’, in a sense, also confines all these writers into ghettos together with the cultures from which they originate. Besides, literature written in English after the Second World War is too vast a territory to be measured with any precision if we stick to narrow definitions like ‘Commonwealth Literature’. Great Britain has provided the linguistic, literary and cultural context to what can broadly be called ‘writers from elsewhere’: Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Simi Bedford or Hanif Kureishi are some of the names that we all know. These novelists are notable examples of immigrant writers who have contributed to British fiction with their transnational outlook and alternative uses of English. In contrast to the aforementioned names, Abdulrazak Gurnah has not got enough attention in literary circle or in academic discourse, although his novels have been short listed for Booker Prize. Nevertheless, he remains a formidable talent whose work deserves more recognition than it has received to date, especially outside Britain where he resides and has received most fame.

This course will offer an in-depth look at Abdulrazak Gurnah’s writing from linguistic, historical and cultural perspectives. We will analyse key literary works of him and try to posit them within the new canon of ‘writers from elsewhere’. The primary objective of this course is to introduce Abdulrazak Gurnah to students. Also, creating a sense of awareness of his culturally induced writing style among students.

Empfohlene Literatur
Memory of Departure (1987)
Paradise (1994)
By the Sea (2001)
The Last Gift (2011)
Gravel Heart (2017)

Englischsprachige Informationen:
Credits: 4

Zusätzliche Informationen
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15

Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft

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