GE 430: Reading Contemporary German Diasporic Writing
Organisation and Programme 2018/19
There will be a weekly class in term 1 on Fridays from 4.00-6.00 in H4.44. Most of the sessions will be given over to small group and plenary discussion, but in most weeks there will be a short lecture input on relevant contexts or theories.
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Week |
Lecture |
Seminar text(s) |
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1 |
Reading diasporic literature |
Essays on Literatur der Betroffenheit |
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2 |
The exotic & the fantastic |
Schami: Der Fliegenmelker (1) |
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3 |
Concepts (1): key ideas |
Schami: Der Fliegenmelker (2) |
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4 |
Concepts (2): multiculturalism |
Özdamar: Karawanserei (1) |
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5 |
Concepts (3): postmodernism |
Özdamar: Karawanserei (2) |
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6 |
READING WEEK |
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7 |
Postcolonialism & diasporic literature |
Özdogan: Die Tochter des Schmieds |
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8 |
Diasporic writers after 9/11 |
Özdamar: Der Hof im Spiegel |
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9 |
Approaches to diasporic literature |
Zaimoglu: Liebesbrand |
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10 |
Coursework essay tutorials, times TBC |
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Feridun Zaimoglu