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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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Theory of the short story English colonies / colonialism / postcolonialism Analysis and discussion of selected texts, e.g.: Kipling, Rudyard, "Lispeth" Woolf, Leonard, "Pearls and Swine" Maugham, Somerset, "The Force of Circumstance" Conrad, Joseph, "The Outpost of Progress" Mansfield, Katherine, "The Garden Party" Rhys, Jean, "Let Them Call it Jazz" Rushdie, Salman, "The Courter"
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Participation in classes
- 28 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 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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| explain the theory of the short story |
| explain the theory of the short story |
| explain the issues of colonialism and postcolonialism |
| explain the issues of colonialism and postcolonialism |
| know the analysis of selected short stories and their social and cultural context |
| know the analysis of selected short stories and their social and cultural context |
| Skills |
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| analyze any short story in terms of the short story theory |
| analyze any short story in terms of the short story theory |
| identify themes associated with (post)colonialism in any literary text |
| identify themes associated with (post)colonialism in any literary text |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Skills |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| Analysis of a work of art |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Text analysis |
| Text analysis |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
| Analysis of the student's performance |
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Recommended literature
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Boehmer, Elleke. Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Oxford, 2005.
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Eckstein, Lars (ed.). English Literature across the Globe. Paderborn, 2007.
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Einhaus, Ann-Marie. The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story. Cambridge, 2016.
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Fallon, Erin (ed.). A Reader?s Companion to the Short Story in English. London, 2001.
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Ferguson, Niall. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World. London, 2004.
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Korte, Barbara - Lojo Rodriguez, Laura Ma. (eds.). Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story. Cham, 2019.
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Korte, Barbara. The Short Story in Britain. Tübingen, 2003.
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Malcolm, David - Alexander, Cheryl (eds.). A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story. London, 2008.
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Moares, Cristina Arufe. The Postcolonial Short Story: Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys. 2018.
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Tiffin, Chris - Alan Lawson (eds.). De-scribing Empire: Post-colonialism and Textuality. London, 1994.
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