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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Andrew Shields (andrew.shields@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | As of 2 August 2018, enrollment for this course is closed. The early 1950s saw the publication of several novels by African-American writers that have gone on to be very influential for later African-American writers and have also received a great deal of attention from literary scholars. This course will consider four such novels, three of which were debuts (by James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Ralph Ellison), while the fourth was the latest novel by Ann Petry, the first African-American woman to publish a novel that sold over a million copies (with her debut from 1947). |
| Learning objectives | In-depth study of the novels and their reception. |
| Bibliography | The four novels to be read in the course were all originally published in 1952 or 1953: - James Baldwin, "Go Tell It On The Mountain" - Gwendolyn Brooks, "Maud Martha" - Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man" - Ann Petry, "The Narrows" The books will be available at the Labyrinth bookstore, Nadelberg 17, Basel. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | Open to all MA students, as well as to BA students who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Course application | As of 2 August 2018, enrollment for this course is closed. Please register for the course by signing up through MOnA. The number of participants in this course is strictly limited to 20. |
| 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 Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Credit for the course will be given to those who attend regularly and do a series of short weekly writing assignments for the course. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |