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Lehrende/r: Silke Stroh
Veranstaltungsart:
Hauptseminar
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06.008.0508
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie zzgl. Bevorzugung höherer Fachsemester
Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007.
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Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Kursleitung: Dr. Silke Stroh
Inhalt:
This seminar explores the culture(s) of the anglophone Caribbean through a wide variety of cultural productions (e.g. literature, music, film, advertising) and discusses these in relation to their socio-historical contexts and key theoretical debates from a range of fields. We will consider cultural representations from different social groups within the region itself, as well as international images produced by visiting colonisers, travellers and the tourism industry, popular culture and the modern Caribbean diaspora. Students will analyse various processes of intercultural encounter, communication, conflict and mediation; engage critically with cultural perceptions and stereotypes; and gain an in-depth understanding of the complex aesthetic and social interrelations which characterise modern Caribbean culture and its position within global frameworks. Pertinent themes include colonialism and postcolonialism, ethnic and national identity, language, creolisation, hybridity, transculturalism, migration, gender, and cultural memory.
Empfohlene Literatur:
Texts:
All students are required to study a range of shorter set texts (e.g. short stories, short poems, and excerpts from longer texts like novels, long poems, or book-length historical / theoretical studies / travel reports) and images. These shorter materials will be made available in a reader on JGU Reader.
Moreover, all students will be asked to watch a film (Perry Henzell’s The Harder They Come, 1972) and read two seminal novels in their entirety. The novels are:
• George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin (1953). Repr. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P 1991. All students should provide themselves with a copy of this book.
• Ramabai Espinet, The Swinging Bridge. Harmondsworth et al.: Penguin 2003. / New York: HarperCollins 2003. Out of print but still available as an e-book or (in print) through antiquarian booksellers. There will also be a print copy made available in the Semesterapparat.
In addition to these set texts shared by all the class, students who do presentations will be required to do extra reading specific to their subject; this could again comprise a range of shorter texts and/or one additional book (e.g. a third novel).
Recommended reading:
For those who wish to do extra reading, or wish to check early for potential presentation topics, recommended starting points are:
Parry, J.H. et al. A Short History of the West Indies (1956), 4th ed. Oxford et al.: Macmillan Caribbean 1987.
Hillman, Richard S.; & Thomas J. D’Agostino (ed). Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean. Boulder CO & London: Lynne Rienner; & Kingston: Ian Randle 2003.
Brown, Stewart; & John Wickham (ed). The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories. Oxford et al.: Oxford UP 1999.
Burnett, Paula (ed). The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English (1986). Harmondsworth: Penguin 2005.
Miller, Kei (ed). New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. Manchester: Carcanet 2007.
Selvon, Sam. The Lonely Londoners (novel, 1956). E.g. Harmondswoth: Penguin 2006.
Naipaul, V.S. The Middle Passage (travel book, 1962). E.g. London: Pan Macmillan 2011.
Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea (novel, 1966). E.g. Harmondsworth et al.: Penguin 2012.
Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place (essay, 1988). E.g. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2000.
Walcott, Derek. Omeros (long poem, 1990). E.g. New York: Noonday 1992.
Agard, John. Weblines (poetry). Newcastle: Bloodaxe 2000.
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