Proseminar: American Neo-Slave Narratives - Details

Proseminar: American Neo-Slave Narratives - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Proseminar: American Neo-Slave Narratives
Veranstaltungsnummer 025 200 2021
Semester SS 2025
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 9
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 30
Heimat-Einrichtung Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Proseminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Erster Termin Montag, 07.04.2025 10:00 - 17:30, Ort: (D, 1003)
Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt / hat Präsenz-Bestandteile Ja
Hauptunterrichtssprache englisch

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(D, 1003)
Montag, 07.04.2025 - Donnerstag, 10.04.2025 10:00 - 17:30

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

If you are interested in attending this seminar, send me an email at milena.krischer@uni-a.de.

Neo slave narratives have been defined in numerous – similar, but also distinct – ways. As “residually oral, modern narratives of escape from bondage to freedom” (Bell in Patton 878) or as “assum[ing] the form, adopt[ing] the conventions, and tak[ing] on the first-person voice of the ante-bellum slave narrative" (Rushdy in Patton 878). Some attempts at defining the genre are broader like Beaulieu’s, which classifies them as "[c]ontemporary fictional works which take slavery as their subject matter and usually feature enslaved protagonists" (qtd. in Patton 878). Others focus on thematic particularities of the texts, like “engage[ing] the historical period of chattel slavery in order to provide new models of liberation by problematizing the concept of freedom" (Mitchell in Patton 878f.).

In this course, we will discuss a variety of American neo slave narratives from the late 1970s onward, focusing on their themes as well as their formal realizations after contextualizing the genre. Though we will be looking at some texts from the 1970s and 80s, the main body of texts we will be reading has been published within the last 10 years and one of our aims will be to question how they relate to the contemporary moment.

This course is held as a Blockseminar from Monday, 7 April to Thursday, 10 April with an introductory session on Monday, 10 March at 2 pm. The introductory session will be hybrid, the rest of the seminar is held in person. On Tuesday, 8 April, we will have the chance to attend a reading at the Literaturhaus München (https://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/veranstaltung/ours-die-stadt/); you will receive more information regarding this mini-excursion at the introductory meeting.

For transparency’s sake (not to discourage anyone): be mindful that, as this is a Blockseminar, you are expected to have read all of the texts by Monday, 7 April and will furthermore have to prepare a group project by Thursday, 10 April, which will also require work before the beginning of the seminar. The final paper / research paper aprt of the portfolio (depending on your module) will be due around the end of June. Even though this means a shorter time to complete the workload and a full seminar week, it is usually a very rewarding experience to work together in this intense manner and I look forward to it very much. I will present the detailed syllabus and reading list at the introductory session.

I would kindly ask you to refrain from signing up for the seminar if you think the workload is too condensed for you or if you already know that you have conflicting plans for the week of the seminar. Feel free to email me before the introductory meeting with any questions you might have.

If you are taking this course as part of a Mehrkursmodul, please make sure to sign up for the corresponding Narrative Analysis (which will take place during the regular semester).

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