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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

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

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