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‘Writing back?’ Legacies of Empire in Postwar Britain- Dozent/in
- Dr. Robert Craig
- Angaben
- Übung
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
- Modulzegehörigkeit:
All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for cultural studies for the following courses of study only:
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)
>> OPEN for Consolidation Module literary studies! (ÜBUNG)
Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
Active participation (individual tasks and group work)
Only Consolidation module (cultural studies): oral exam (see the 'Amerikanistik' website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ ).
- 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: 2
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Britische Kultur
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