230054 Arab-American Literatures (BS) (WiSe 2024/2025)

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In this class, we will read contemporary Arab-American literatures and explore how identities are constructed and what it means to be Arab-American(s) as defined by the novels, social media and other cultural texts. We are going to read history, religion, race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, class as signifiers, struggles and/or liberatory sociocultural constructs and learn about Arab-American experiences.

During the preparatory session in July, we will finalize our reading list to which you are more than welcome to contribute to with novels, short stories, poems, games, tv-shows and/or films that we can explore, too.

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The reading list contains the following novels which must be read before class:

Laila Lalami -- Conditional Citizens (2021)

Susan Abulhawa -- Against the Loveless World (2021)

Ghassan Zeineddine -- Dearborn (2023)

Hala Alyan -- Salt Houses (2017)

Etaf Rum -- A Woman is No Man (2019)

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23-ANG-AngPM3_a Profilmodul 3: American Studies 3.2 Social and Cultural Studies (North America) Study requirement
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3.3 Literature and Media Study requirement
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23-ANG-AngVM2 Vertiefungsmodul 2: The Americas/ Interamerican Studies VM 2.2 The Americas: Culture and Literature Study requirement
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VM 2.3 The Americas: Film 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
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23-ANG-Profil5 Profilmodul 5: Anglophone Cultures around the World Profil5.2 Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Study requirement
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