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71060-01 - Forschungsseminar: Current Research: Contemporary Native American Fiction (4 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2024 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Philipp Schweighauser (ph.schweighauser@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | When N. Scott Momaday received the Pulitzer Prize for “House Made of Dawn” (1968) in 1969, this started the Native American Renaissance, triggering the emergence of a new generation of American Indian writers such as Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Gerald Vizenor, Joy Harjo, and Simon Ortiz. This era was followed by the second Native American Renaissance represented by enormously successful writers such as Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie—writers that are read well beyond academia and well beyond an American Indian audience. In this course, we will read and discuss three fictions that may well be representative of a third flowering of Native American writing in the 21st century: Tommy Orange’s novel “There” (2018), Morgan Talty’s collection of connected stories “Night of the Living Rez” (2022), and Darcie Little Badge’s young adult fiction “Elatsoe” (2017). In discussing these fascinating works, we encounter Native American misfits trying to rob a powwow, tales of friendship and family on the reservation, asexuality, vampires, and so much more. |
| Lernziele | Students engage with recent Native American fictions to explore the (literary-)historical contexts of these works, their fictional engagement with issues on and off the reservation, including the relationship between modernity and tradition, the continuing presence of American Indian myths, drug and alcohol abuse, and popular and other representations of ‘Indians.’ |
| Literatur | The following three texts are available in the Labyrinth bookstore and need to be purchased and read before the beginning of the term: Tommy Orange’s “There There” (2018), Morgan Talty’s “Night of the Living Rez” (2022), and Darcie Little Badge’s “Elatsoe” (2017). We will start with There There. Further materials will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This seminar is open only to MA students and PhD candidates. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please register for this course on services.unibas.ch. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 10.15-12.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Mittwoch 28.02.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 06.03.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 13.03.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 20.03.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 27.03.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 03.04.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 10.04.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 17.04.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 24.04.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | --, -- |
| Mittwoch 01.05.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Tag der Arbeit |
| Mittwoch 08.05.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 15.05.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 22.05.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Mittwoch 29.05.2024 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Module |
Modul: Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul: Research in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | regular attendance, active participation |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |