552.285 (24S) Topics in American Cultural Studies: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture

Sommersemester 2024

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Erster Termin der LV
05.03.2024 10:00 - 12:00 N.0.42 On Campus
Nächster Termin:
30.04.2024 10:00 - 12:00 N.0.42 On Campus

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Lehrende/r
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM03001UL
LV-Titel englisch Topics in American Cultural Studies: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture
LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
Anmeldungen 25 (25 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
LV-Beginn 05.03.2024
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

Students will gain a basic knowledge of contemporary African American literature and culture, especially with respect to narratives about slavery. They will be able to think critically about major U.S. cultural discourses and a variety of literary genres in relation to the history of African American enslavement. Students will improve their research, analytical, and writing skills, and advance their competence in interpreting texts within their specific socio-cultural and historical contexts from a perspective that problematizes race, class, and gender.

Lehrmethodik

This course is designed to emphasize in-class student participation. Teaching methods include short input lectures, short oral presentations on selected topics by students, in-class discussion of assigned primary and theoretical texts through close readings, and group discussion.

Inhalt/e

Musing about slavery and her reasons for writing Beloved, Toni Morrison once lamented the lack of “suitable memorial sites,” places “you or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves.” This class turns to the ways in which contemporary African American culture has been addressing this lack Morrison noted in 1989 in various ways by creating narratives about slavery. We will explore the places, understood as discursive “memorial sites,” that contemporary Black culture creates to speak about the period of American slavery across various media and in contemporary texts ranging from poetry and novels (e.g. Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (2016)), to films and series (e.g. Donald Glover’s Atlanta (2016-2022)). Our focus will be on the various different modes of signifying on, remembering, or even reenacting slavery, and on questions of (re)memory, (cultural) trauma, reparations, and “new” forms of slavery.

Literatur

Required texts (please purchase!)

Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad. (any edition)

Edward P. Jones, The Known World. (any edition)

Prüfungsinformationen

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Prüfungsmethode/n

  • one oral presentation
  • one research paper of 2,500-3,000 words

Prüfungsinhalt/e

  • oral presentation (15 minutes) on selected topics. A list of presentation topics and guidelines will be provided.
  • research paper on a text treated in the seminar. Students must use at least five secondary sources. Papers must conform to the guidelines outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. They must be submitted as a word or PDF document via email. Final deadline for submission is October 31, 2024.

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

Components of final grade:

  • 20 % participation in class (pillar 1)
  • 20 % oral presentation (pillar 2)
  • 60 % research paper (pillar 3)

Students will need to achieve passing grades in all pillars of assessment in order to receive a passing grade for the class.

Beurteilungsschema

Note Benotungsschema

Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.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: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • 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: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • 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: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Diplom-Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • 2.Abschnitt
      • Fach: Advanced Culture Studies (Pflichtfach)
        • SE zu Topics in American Culture Studies ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
          • 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungsstudium (UG §54a) Encounters in English (ES) (SKZ: 020, Version: 23W.1)
    • Fach: Stage Two (Pflichtfach)
      • 2.6 Topics in Culture (optional: mit Studienprojekt) ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Fach: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture (Pflichtfach)
      • 6.2 Topics in American Cultural Studies ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.285 Topics in American Cultural Studies: Narratives of Slavery in Contemporary African American Culture (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen

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