Seminar (2 SWS; 4 LP)
Lektürekurs (1 SWS; 4LP)
In this seminar students will be familiarised with the specific British history of the transatlantic slave trade and the African diaspora in Britain and the Caribbean. We will interrogate so-called neo-slave narratives such as Fred D’Aguiar’s Feeding the Ghosts, Caryl Phillips’ Cambridge, Andrea Levy’s The Long Song and Sara Collins’ The Confessions of Frannie Langton. How is Britishness shaped in relation to the legacy of enslavement in contemporary (postmodern) novels? In addition to the literary texts, we will also address commemorative practices in museums etc. regarding the 2007 bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade.
A digital reader on Moodle with relevant material as well as the list of primary texts to be acquired will be provided at the beginning of the course. It is strongly recommended to read at least some of the novels before the new semester starts.
Die Veranstaltung wurde 2 mal im Vorlesungsverzeichnis WiSe 2024/25 gefunden:
