230575 Creativity: Black Writing, Music, and the Arts (S) (SoSe 2026)

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This course will address the role of creativity for social action, artistic production, knowledge transfer, and alternative forms of knowledge production in the larger context of African American histories and cultures. We will discuss major black writers from the U.S., the Caribbean, and Canada in context. We will also look at black artistic creativity and production in music and the arts as social action, aesthetic creativity, and resistance.

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Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
weekly Di 16-18   20.04.-24.07.2026

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23-ANG-M-HM3 Main Module 3: NorthAmerican Literatures and the Processes of Culture Hauptmodul 3: NorthAmerican Literatures and the Processes of Culture HM 3.1 NorthAmerican Literatures in Context Study requirement
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23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture North American Literature and the Processes of Culture Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. I Study requirement
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Cultural and Literary Contact in the U.S.A. II Study requirement
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23-IAS-M-IAS6 Advanced Studies of Literatures and Cultures of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de literaturas y culturas de las Américas Advanced Studies of Literatures and Cultures of the Americas / Estudios avanzados de literaturas y culturas de las Américas NorthAmerican Literatures in Context Study requirement
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23-MeWi-HM1 Media, Language and Culture 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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Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
seminar (S) / 2
Language
This lecture is taught in english
Department
Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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