Lecturer(s)
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Mengel Ewald, Prof. Dr. phil. habil.
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Course content
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Trauma theory Trauma and the postcolony Trauma and literature Theory of Narrative Exposition Working with trauma J.M. Coetzee: Disgrace Rachel Zadok: Gem Squash Tokoloshe Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Participation in classes
- 28 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 32 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
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learning outcomes |
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Knowledge |
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know theories of trauma |
know theories of trauma |
describe the relationship between trauma and literature |
describe the relationship between trauma and literature |
know literary conventions and how authors use them to process trauma |
know literary conventions and how authors use them to process trauma |
Skills |
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analyze the theme of trauma in any literary work |
analyze the theme of trauma in any literary work |
identify the use of literary conventions in a given work |
identify the use of literary conventions in a given work |
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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Text analysis |
Text analysis |
Analysis of seminar paper |
Analysis of seminar paper |
Recommended literature
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Caruth, Cathy. Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative and History. Baltimore, MD, 1996.
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Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of this Earth (Les Damnés de la terre). New York, 2004.
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Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York, 1992.
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James, Wilmot - van de Vijver, Linda (eds.). After the TRC: Reflections on Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa. Athens, 2000.
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Krog, Antjie. Country of My Skull. London, 1999.
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LaCapra, Dominick. Writing History, Writing Trauma. Baltimore, 2001.
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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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Whitehead, Anne. Trauma Fiction. Edinburgh, 2004.
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