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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: The Second World in Contemporary Historical Writing - Vertiefungsmodul
Untertitel neuer Raum ab 19.04.2024: SR 3.04, Adam-Kuckhoff-Straße 35 (3. Etage)
Veranstaltungsnummer ANG.05292.02
Semester SoSe 2024
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 13
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 30
Heimat-Einrichtung Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Nächster Termin Freitag, 03.05.2024 10:15 - 11:45
Art/Form On-Campus Seminar
Studiengänge (für) LA Gym, Sek, Förder (Sekundar) Englisch (2012+2015)
MA Engl. Spr. u Lit 45/75 LP (2015)
MA Angloam. Lit., Spr u Kult. 120 LP (2015)
SWS 2
Sonstiges ANG.05292.02 Vertiefungsmodul: Anglistik Literatur I
ECTS-Punkte 5

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Freitag: 10:15 - 11:45, wöchentlich

Modulzuordnungen

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The course will introduce three texts of contemporary British historical writing that are set in the so-called ‘Second World’, i.e. East-Central Europe during the era of the Cold War.
While British writers have long been fascinated with the countries behind the Iron Curtain, as the popular genre of the spy thriller (and its multimedia adaptations) demonstrates, British writing on the ‘Second World’ in the last three decades has become increasingly diversified. Our discussion will look at different genres of historical writing – memoir, fictional biography, historical novel – and the ways in which they imagine historical events, political ideologies, personal lives, and the sources and construction of memory.

We will also identify key themes explored in their portrayal of the ‘second world’, including surveillance, oppression, (dis)obedience, and the representation of moral conscience, guilt, loyalty, and complicity. We will discuss why contemporary British writers appear interested in (re)visiting East-Central Europe, and which of their motifs meaningfully contribute to discussing present-day phenomena in British, and liberal-democratic societies overall.

The seminar will include a guest talk session with German-British historian Katja Hoyer (see links below) in which we will discuss new approaches – British and other – to the ‘Second World’.

Studienleistungen:
• Regular attendance and oral participation
• In-depth knowledge of the reading and viewing material
• Short tasks in class
• Preparation of reading and discussion session
• Short oral presentation

Prüfungsleistung:
• Written Exam [Essays / Portfolio – Details to be announced in the first session]

Please note that prior registration (deadline: 3 April 2024) via StudIP is mandatory.

Primary sources to be purchased by students:
Please make sure to purchase EXACTLY (just as it says) the editions given below, as we will need identical content and pagination in order to engage in discussions in class.

Julian Barnes. [2016] The Noise of Time. London: Vintage, 2017. Print. ISBN 9781784703332.
Fiona Rintoul. The Leipzig Affair. Twickenham: Aurora Metro, 2014. Print. ISBN 978-1-906582-97-5.
Timothy Garton Ash. [1997] The File. London: Atlantic Books, 2009. Print. ISBN 978-1-84887-088-8.

Further Material:
Additional sources will be made available at the beginning of the teaching term.

Interviews with Katja Hoyer:
Chalke History Festival
https://www.chalkefestival.com/five-minutes-with-katja-hoyer/
rbb Kultur
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/rbb-kultur/diesseits-der-mauer-von-katja-hoyer/rbb-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL3JiYl9iNTJjNDE5MS05ZTUyLTRmMjgtOWY3Mi1jZTEwOWVlMzY2ZjlfcHVibGljYXRpb24

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