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Seminar: Slave Narratives/Neo‐Slave Narratives - Aufbaumodul Amerikanistik Literatur I - Details
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Course name Seminar: Slave Narratives/Neo‐Slave Narratives - Aufbaumodul Amerikanistik Literatur I
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Semester SS 2020
Current number of participants 23
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 07.04.2020 12:00 - 14:00
Studiengänge (für) LAG, LAS
BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60/90 LP
SWS 2
Miscellanea ANG.05280.03 Aufbaumodul: Amerikanische Literatur LA Gym, LA Sek ab WS 2012/13
ANG.04628.03 Aufbaumodul Amerikanistik Literatur I BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60/90 LP
ANG.06158.01 Aufbaumodul: Amerikanistik Literatur I BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60/90 LP
(ab WS 2015/16)
ECTS points 5

Rooms and times

No room preference
Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly(15x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

The genre of slave narratives, “autobiographical works written (or dictated) by men and women of African descent who had endured New World slavery” (Appiah xi) was a direct result of the system of slavery in place in the United States. In this course we will read eighteenth and nineteenth century slave narratives but also neo-slave narratives, “contemporary narratives of slavery” (Keizer in Dubey 333), written since the 1970s. Students will be familiarized with the genres “slave narrative” and “neo-slave narrative” and learn how to interpret these texts in light of their historical contexts, their socio-political impact, and their aesthetic complexity.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.