Lehrende/r: Yvonne Gutenberger; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung; Prof. Dr. Dejin Xu
Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Proseminar I
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 39
Anmeldegruppe: Proseminar I American Studies
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Inhalt: PS African American Autobiographies Dejin Xu (Peking University) and Alfred Hornung Forms of life writing have been important means of ethnic self-expression in American literature and culture. In this course, we will trace the evolution of African American autobiographies from slavery to freedom, enabling cultural and political self-realization. The texts will include slave narratives, the imitation of the classical "Christian" model, the conventional and experimental portrayals of female emancipation and the transnational success story of the first African American president. Articles of autobiographical scholarship will complement the reading and will be available on ReaderPlus. Texts: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself (1845) Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery (1901) Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on the Road (1942) bell hooks, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (1996) Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995; 2004)
