Lehrende/r: Dr. Frank Obenland
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Anmeldegruppe: AS 313
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: It is strongly recommended that students have successfully completed the following courses before signing up:
Anwesenheitspflicht: It is expected that students will regularly participate in class meetings. Attendance will be mandatory on days with special assignments (presentations etc.).
Inhalt: In this seminar students will explore African American fictional and/or autobiographical writings that deal with the experience of slavery and the slave trade in the Americas. Particular attention will be paid to the genre of the so-called “slave narrative.” Students will learn the generic and thematic complexity of these texts and their intersection with the abolitionist movement. In addition, students will study how fictional treatments of slavery share similar features with autobiographical accounts. In the last part of the semester, we will engage African American novels on slavery that explore new and alternative strategies to represent a troubling past.
Empfohlene Literatur: Some of our class readings will be available online or on Moodle. In addition, please purchase the following books/titles: Octavia Butler, Kindred (ISBN: 978-1472258229) Shirley A. Williams, Dessa Rose (ISBN: 978-0062011251) Charles Johnson, Middle Passage (ISBN: 978-0684855882) Colson Whitehead, Underground Railroad (ISBN: 978-0708898406)
