Life behind bars exceeds most people's imagination. This gap can be filled with accounts from inside, by the inmates themselves and their narratives. According to the PEN American Center with their extensive prison writing program, writing while serving a sentence has "restorative, rehabilitative power. [...] It provides a place for inmates to express themselves freely and encourages the use of the written word as a legitimate form of power." (http://www.pen.org/prison-writing).
In the workshop atmosphere of this Blockseminar, we will survey famous prison writings such as Oscar Wilde's, Malcolm X's and Leonard Peltier's, complement them with texts published online and ponder possible causes and effects of prison writing.
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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British and American Studies / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaAngHM3 | 4 | aktive Teilnahme | |||
Interamerikanische Studien / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaIAS4; MaIAS6 | 3/4/6/8 | aktive Teilnahme | |||
Literaturwissenschaft / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | MaLit4b; MaLit4c | 3/7 |