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19941-01 - Lecture: Afro-American Studies (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2008 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This lecture course offers a survey of major African-American writing in the context of cultural history as it familiarizes students with the enduring complexities of racial, social, and gender issues. Along the way into freedom, literacy, and brilliant literary accomplishment we will focus on the following authors and historical periods: The Vernacular Tradition; The Literature of Slavery and Freedom: 1746-1865; Literature of the Reconstruction to the New Negro Renaissance: 1865-1919; Harlem Renaissance: 1919-1940; Realism, Naturalism, Modernism: 1940-1960; The Black Arts Movement: 1960-1970; Literature since 1970. Among the writers we will focus on are Phillis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Alain Locke, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, John Edgar Wideman, Rita Dove and Toni Morrison. |
| Bibliography | From "The Norton Anthology of African-American Literature" (available on the EVA-Server) |
| Comments | REGULAR ATTENDANCE for BA/MA and LIZ. Students |
| Admission requirements | Open to everyone interested in the topic |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Modern 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 Learning about Literature and Culture (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | t.b.a. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |