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76495-01 - Forschungsseminar: The Middle Passage in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (4 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Ana Sobral (ana.sobral@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Literary critic Gordon Collier noted that "the Atlantic Ocean has, in the minds of many among the descendants of slaves, become a gigantic submarine graveyard". This image of a "gigantic graveyard" harks back to the traumatic experience of the 'Middle Passage', i.e., crossing the Atlantic after being brutally captured for enforced slave labour in the colonies of the Americas. In this seminar we will look at first-hand depictions, retellings and evocations of the Middle Passage in African, US-American and Caribbean literature, music and film. We will start with testimonials of captured and enslaved people such as the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano from 1789, and move through different moments in the cultural history of Afro-Caribbeans and African Americans. We will look both at historical documents and artistic, literary, musical and cinematic transformations of that experience. Finally, we will discuss the double effect of the Middle Passage as both a destructive and creative event that is at the basis of all Afro cultures in the so-called 'New World'. |
| Lernziele | Students will gain in-depth knowledge of the mechanisms and consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade as well as key knowledge about the African origins of much of Caribbean and US-American cultures. |
| Literatur | Please purchase the novel "Feeding the Ghosts" by Fred D'Aguiar, and "The Year of Return" by Ivana Akwotowaa Ofori. All theoretical and additional primary texts will be made available on ADAM |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This research seminar is open only to MA and PhD students. |
| 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 | Donnerstag | 16.15-18.00 | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 18.09.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 25.09.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 02.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 09.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 16.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 23.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 30.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 06.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 13.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 20.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 27.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 04.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 11.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Donnerstag 18.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
| Module |
Modul: Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul: Literaturgeschichte (Master Studiengang: Literaturwissenschaft) Modul: Research in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master Studienfach: Englisch) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | oral presentation, written assignments |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |