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‘Writing back?’ Legacies of Empire in Postwar Britain- Dozent/in
- Dr. Robert Craig
- Angaben
- Seminar/Hauptseminar
Rein Online
2 SWS, 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)
Zeit: Mo 11:30 - 13:00
- 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).
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- ‘Writing back?’ Legacies of Empire in Postwar Britain
- Credits: 6
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Britische Kultur
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