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27427-01 - Seminar: Recent South African Fiction: "Living the City" - Between the Metropolis and Small Town (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2011 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This seminar, following the lecure course, seeks to understand history and urban change as reflected in recent South African and Namibian fiction. At stake are Marlene Van Niekerk, TRIOMF, Imraan Coovadia, HIGH LOW IN-BETWEEN, Damon Galgut, THE GOOD DOCTOR, Jacob Dlamini, NATIVE NOSTALGIA, Rayda Jacobs, ONE CITY MANY CULTURES, and Neshandi Andreas, THE PURPLE VIOLET OF OSHAANTU as well as a view into Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, V, (on the genocide of the Hereros in Namibia). Next to these primary sources we will look into Bruno Arich-Gerz, NAMIBIAS POSTKOLONIALISMEN (with a guest lecture by B. Arich-Ganz). |
| Comments | Books available at the LABYRINTH and on the Reserved Shelves. |
| Admission requirements | Open to Liz and MA students |
| Course application | Official enrolment; detailed program available via therese.steffen@unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Culture and Society (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul English & American Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Oral presentation, active participation |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |