Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 25 beschränkt. Bitte melden Sie sich vor Semesterbeginn unter AGNES an. This seminar will be an introductory foray into Black British Literature. Four novels will be examined with a view to addressing the complexities of Black British identity in contemporary Britain. Especial attention will be paid to literary representations of gender and race as well as community relations. Additional salient themes will include the concepts of diaspora, space, memory, histories of travel (physical and metaphorical), cultural hybridity as well as integration into mainstream contexts. Presentations will be a required part of the class. A reader will be made available. Students are required to have acquired the novels and read them before the class takes place. Please consider getting the editions below so that we can all be on the same page when engaging with the texts for class work. Primary Texts: Hanif Kureishi. The Black Album. London: Faber and Faber. 2010.[1995]. Meera Syal. Life isn’t all Hahaheehee. London: Anchor Books. 1999. Zadie Smith. White Teeth. London: Quality Paperbacks Direct. 2000. Caryl Philips. In the Falling Snow. London: Vintage. 2010. [2009]. |
