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20892-01 - Seminar: Urbanization in Southern Africa (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2008 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This seminar examines the significance of the so-called spatial turn in disciplines such as e.g. cultural and literary studies. The term applies well to the turn South Africa is currently undergoing: Inner cities, most notably Johannesburg, are deserted as well as repopulated with immigrants. This shift to urban areas is not new in South Africa (cf. the Jim comes to Joburg novel) but of a current emergency that produces a range of new texts. Apartheid as a regime of segregation and repopulation still lingers large. Today post-apartheid development is constrained by confliction |
| Bibliography | Athol Fugard, "Boesman and Lena"; Sindiwe Magona, "Mother to Mother"; Zoë Wicomb, "You Cant Get Lost in Cape Town"; Phaswane Mphe, "Welcome to Our Hillbrow"; Ivan Vladislavic, "Portrait with Keys: the city of Johannesburg unlocked", "The Restless Supermarket" |
| Admission requirements | Open to students who have completed their second year paper. |
| 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 |
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 | 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 | Englisches Seminar |