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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: The Harlem Renaissance and the African American Short Story - Vertiefungsmodul
Veranstaltungsnummer siehe "Details"
Semester WS 2019/20
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 9
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 20
Heimat-Einrichtung Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Donnerstag, 17.10.2019 10:00 - 12:00, Ort: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Studiengänge (für) ANG.03220.02:
LAG/LAS Englisch (2007)

ANG.04630.02:
LAG/LAS/LAF Englisch (2012+2015)
MA Englische Sprache und Literatur 45/75 LP (2015)
MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP (2015
SWS 2

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The Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1918–1937) saw an explosion of creativity in the arts and literature and still remains one of the most influential movements in African American literary history: African American writers embraced and experimented with literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts in order to give voice to a specifically African American literature and culture. We will begin our journey with an analysis of early African American short stories written shortly before the actual Harlem Renaissance period (e.g., Charles W. Chesnutt’s conjure tales and/or stories from the color line) and then immerse ourselves in stories written by seminal authors of the Harlem Renaissance, such as W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jessie Fauset, Jean Toomer, Rudolph Fisher, and Dorothy West. We will cover many relevant topics of the period, including identity and color, passing, blues and jazz, North and South, slavery, modernity, and racism in many facets. A close look at one or two of James Baldwin’s postwar short stories, which have gained a renewed importance in today’s America, and a discussion of the Harlem Renaissance’s impact on contemporary writers (e.g., Alice Walker and Toni Morrison) will conclude our seminar.