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Veranstaltungsname Projektseminar: African-American Slave Narratives
Semester SS 2010
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 0
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 20
Heimat-Einrichtung Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft
Veranstaltungstyp Projektseminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Mittwoch, 14.04.2010 12:15 - 13:45, Ort: (Dachritzstr. 12, Raum 215)
Voraussetzungen Successful attendance of the “Introduction to Literary Studies” is the prerequisite for attending this seminar. There will be a mandatory test on the content of the books. Among other, students of this class are expected to pass the initial test, participate in class discussions, and hold a presentation in English. Please buy the same critical editions you find in the required reading list below!
Leistungsnachweis Detailed requirements for credits etc. will be presented in the first session of the seminar in April. They may vary
according to the course of studies (Studiengang) you have chosen. Enrollment will take place in the first session.
Studiengänge (für) LAG/LAS LA/wahlobl., MA D/fak., BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik, BA Angloamerikanische Studien
SWS 2
Sonstiges Enrollment will take place in the first session.
There will be a Handapparat in the library in the new semester.

Required Reading:
Douglass, Frederick. Eds. William L. Andrews et al. The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American
Slave, Written by Himself. New York: Norton, 1997.
[ISBN 0393969665]
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Eds.
Nellie Y. McKay et al. New York: Norton, 2001. [ISBN
0393976378

Räume und Zeiten

(Dachritzstr. 12, Raum 215)
Mittwoch: 12:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich (14x)

Kommentar/Beschreibung

In this seminar, we will read and discuss two famous American slave narratives: Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845) and Harriet Jacobs’
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). These texts had one particular important function at the
time of their initial publication. They told readers from the South and especially the North about
the inhumane practices of slavery in the United States and how the protagonists escaped this system.

These narratives were a powerful weapon in the discourse fighting for the abolition of slavery in the country. At the same time, they were and are an important expression of early African-American writing, since these narratives were told by the former slaves themselves and thus gave them a unique
voice. Moreover, Jacobs and Douglass also show how questions of gender play an important role and how female and male perspectives and experiences differ from each other.

Themes of the seminar will be the distinctive features of this genre, the historical background, autobiographical writing, gender, and race issues. Both primary texts (not the additional secondary literature) have to be read by the first session of the seminar.

Required Reading:
Douglass, Frederick. Eds. William L. Andrews et al. The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American
Slave, Written by Himself. New York: Norton, 1997.
[ISBN 0393969665]
Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Eds.
Nellie Y. McKay et al. New York: Norton, 2001. [ISBN
0393976378]Harriet Jacobs