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Lecturer(s)
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Mengel Ewald, Prof. Dr. phil. habil.
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Course content
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An Outline of South African History Apartheid and liberation Truth and Reconciliation Commission Selected works of South African literature and their cultural context, e.g. Liza Fugard, Skinner's Drift Marlene van Niekerk, The Way of the Women Damon Galgut, The Promise
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Participation in classes
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for course credit
- 22 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 70 hours per semester
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| give an outline of the history of South Africa |
| give an outline of the history of South Africa |
| know the nature of apartheid and the events that preceded and followed its fall |
| know the nature of apartheid and the events that preceded and followed its fall |
| identify significant works of South Africa and their social context |
| identify significant works of South Africa and their social context |
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| explain why the farm novel is such a prominent genre in contemporary South African fiction |
| explain why the farm novel is such a prominent genre in contemporary South African fiction |
| explain the relationship of the contemporary South African novel to history and the truth about it |
| explain the relationship of the contemporary South African novel to history and the truth about it |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Skills |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
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Recommended literature
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Butler, Anthony. Contemporary South Africa. London, 2009.
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De Kock, Leon. Losing the Plot: Crime, Reality and Fiction in Postapartheid Writing. Johannesburg, 2016.
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Demir, Danyela. Reading Loss Post-Apartheid Melancholia in Contemporary South African Novels. Berlin, 2019.
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Krog, Antjie. Country of My Skull. London, 1999.
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Mengel, Ewald - Borzaga, Michela (eds.). Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel: Essays. Amsterdam, 2012.
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Nuttall, Sarah. Entanglement: Literary and Cultural Reflections on Post-Apartheid. Johannesburg, 2009.
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van der Merve, Chris (ed.). Strangely Familiar: South African Narratives in Town and Countryside. Stellenbosch, 2001.
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van der Vlies, Andrew. Present Imperfect: Contemporary South African Writing. Oxford, 2017.
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Wilson, Richard. The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State. Cambridge, 2001.
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Young, Robert J. C. Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 2020.
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