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  'Writers from elsewhere': Reading Timothy Mo

Dozent/in
Touhid Chowdhury, M.A.

Angaben
Übung
2 SWS
Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit und Ort: Mi 12:00 - 14:00, KR14/00.06; Einzeltermin am 29.4.2020 12:00 - 14:00, U2/01.30

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
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
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, Timothy Mo and 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 Rushdie and Ishiguro, who won the Booker Prize, Timothy Mo has been nominated three times but never won because of his unconventional and controversial writing style. Nevertheless, he remains a formidable talent whose work deserves more recognition than it has received to date, especially outside Britain and Hong Kong where he has received most fame.

This course will offer an in-depth look at Timothy Mo’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 Timothy Mo to students. The secondary goal of this course is to creat a sense of awareness of Timothy Mo's culturally-induced writing style among students.

Empfohlene Literatur
The Monkey King (1978)
Sour Sweet (1982)
Renegade or Halo2 (1999)

Further secondary texts will be made available on the VC.

Englischsprachige Informationen:
Credits: 4

Zusätzliche Informationen
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15

Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft

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