In the roughly fifty years of their history as a recognized literary genre, Native American Literatures have for the most part been labeled, read and sold as "ethnic" and "minority" literatures. This limiting category implies a sociopolitical dimension these writings must have that also reduces their artistic value or even possible interests mainstream readers might have in them. Looking at recent publications by Native writers shows a distict move towards genres that are at the heart of popular culture, though: crime, horror, and supernatural fiction, or young adult fiction with high school settings and coming-out stories.
In this class, we aim at critically discussing roles, functions and obligations of minority writers and the notion of the political in literature. We will recognize the utter marginalization and disenfranchisement of Native Americans in US-American society, their history of resistance and the short literary history of their literatures in a Western sense. The majority of the class will be devoted to close-reading and discussion of a selection of recent fictions by Native American writers in terms of their contents, artistic choices, textual strategies and possible messages.
Notwendige Voraussetzungen: FsB vom 15.11.2023 (Einschreibung ab SoSe 2023)
Vor dem Besuch der Veranstaltungen in den Profilmodulen muss der Language Proficiency Test (23-ANG-Basis1) bestanden sein. Im Master of Education gilt diese Voraussetzung mit dem erfolgreichen Masterzugang als erbracht.
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23-ANG-AngPM3.1_a Profilmodul 3.1: American Studies | PM 3.1.3 Literature and Media | Study requirement
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23-ANG-AngPM3_a Profilmodul 3: American Studies | 3.3 Literature and Media | Study requirement
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23-ANG-Profil4 Profilmodul 4: Advanced British and American Studies | Profil4.2 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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Profil4.3 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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23-ANG-Profil5 Profilmodul 5: Anglophone Cultures around the World | Profil5.2 Anglophone Literatures and Cultures | Study requirement
Graded examination |
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23-MeWi-HM1 Medien, Sprache und Kultur | Lehrveranstaltung I | Graded examination
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Lehrveranstaltung II | Study requirement
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Lehrveranstaltung III | Study requirement
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Lehrveranstaltung IV | Study requirement
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