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Root number
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492907 |
Semester
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FS2025 |
Type of course
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Seminar |
Allocation to subject
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English Languages and Literatures |
Type of exam
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not defined |
Title |
Contemporary Literature and (Post)Colonial Perspectives (BA FM and BA FS Seminar: Literature: The Contemporary) |
Description |
Colonialism may be a thing of the past, but its histories and legacies continue to shape our contemporary world and the literatures written about it. Thus, it also influences the way in which we envisage and try to give shape to cultural sustainability today. In this block seminar, we will engage with classic colonial texts; examine different ways of approaching them and the social, political and historical contexts they represent; and analyse recent examples of literary writing that reflect on the contemporary ramifications of a supposedly long gone past. While our focus will be on the (former) British Empire and Anglophone (post)colonial texts, we will also take a comparative approach, to discuss how different nations might have developed their sense of self out of the experience of subjugating large parts of the world over a long stretch of time.
Required Reading: E.M. Forster, A Passage to India; Michelle de Kretser, The Lost Dog; Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors. These novels will be made available for purchasing at the LibRomania. Shorter texts will be made available on ILIAS. |
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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Lecturers |
Dr.
Marijke Katrijn Denger-Kähler, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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ECTS
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4 |
Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
Grading
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passed/failed |
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Dates |
Monday 17/2/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 24/2/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 10/3/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 24/3/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 14/4/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 12/5/2025 10:15-14:00
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Monday 19/5/2025 10:15-14:00
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Rooms
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Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |