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30519-01 - Seminar: Recent South African Crime Fiction (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2012 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The characters in today's crime fiction books show that everyone has an equal licence to be good er evil. This seminar explores recent South African crime fiction by celebrated authors such as Deon Meyer, Margie Orford, Sarah Lotz, Diale Tlholwe, Antony Altbeker, Zakes Mda or Sifiso Mzobe. We will examine a successful literary genre as well as the worlds these texts reflect. "After all, crime fiction is a comforting genre. You explain, and order, and eliminate the bad. You recognise your world, and then this nice writer comes along and bliksems all the baddies and puts things to right." (Margie Orford) What explains this development? What, if any, is the connection between the boom in writing about crime, and the problem of crime as it is experienced day to day? |
| Bibliography | Available at the "Labyrinth" (Nadelberg 17), online, and from the Reserved Shelf at the Department of English. |
| Comments | In connection with the LECTURE COURSE 30497-01 |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to advanced BA (beyond 3 semesters) and MA students. |
| Course application | REGISTER with Therese Steffen (Therese.Steffen@unibas.ch) to receive the detailed syllabus. |
| 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 Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Modern German Literature (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul Aufbaustudium Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) 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) Modul Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | t.b.a. |
| 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 | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |