552.285 (20W) Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds
Überblick
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- Lehrende/r
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM03001UL
- LV-Titel englisch Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds
- LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
- LV-Modell Onlinelehrveranstaltung
- Semesterstunde/n 2.0
- ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
- Anmeldungen 25 (25 max.)
- Organisationseinheit
- Unterrichtssprache Englisch
- mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
- LV-Beginn 06.10.2020
- eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
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Anmerkungen
This class will take place ONLINE only. Class sessions will be held via the BigBlueButton on Moodle.
Class sessions run for the full 2 hours.
Mandatory attendance of the first session on October 6.
Zeit und Ort
LV-Beschreibung
Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools
short lecture inputs
in-depth discussion of assigned texts
Inhalt/e
Against the backdrop of the current Black Lives Matter movement as a critical moment in Black America’s continuing struggle for racial justice and equality, this course will explore African American culture and the “matter” of Black lives through a diverse range of contemporary African American storyworlds. To better understand how ongoing concerns about systemic racism are rooted in U.S. America’s long and deadly racial history, we will watch Ava DuVernay’s Netflix documentary 13th and read Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (2016). We will then continue with Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (1993) and explore the ways in which social, economic, and environmental collapse in the near-future America of her novel—set during the years 2024-2027—exacerbates already widespread racial disparities. We will also ask ourselves how Butler’s speculative fiction novel resonates in the midst of the current coronavirus pandemic which disproportionately harms communities of color. Finally, we will turn to Percival Everett’s Erasure (2001) and consider how the postmodern satire complicates notions of “Black cultural authenticity” by refusing to conform to societal expectations about what it means to be Black in the United States today.
Literatur
Whitehead, Colson. 2016. The Underground Railroad. Any edition.
Butler, Octavia E. 1993. Parable of the Sower. Any edition.
Everett, Percival. 2001. Erasure. Any edition.
All other material will be provided by the instructor.
Prüfungsinformationen
Prüfungsmethode/n
active participation
mid-term response paper
PS-paper at the end of the semester
Beurteilungsschema
Note BenotungsschemaPosition im Curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
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ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENM.003 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture
(Pflichtfach)
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6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W)
(Pflichtfach)
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Modul: Culture (ab 11W)
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Topics in Culture (
2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
- 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Contemporary African American Storyworlds (2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
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Topics in Culture (
2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
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Modul: Culture (ab 11W)
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Fach: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W)
(Pflichtfach)