CULTURAL STUDIES: INTRODUCTION TO POSTCOLONIAL GERMAN STUDIES
| Title | ΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ: ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΙΚΙΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΗ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗ ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΑ / CULTURAL STUDIES: INTRODUCTION TO POSTCOLONIAL GERMAN STUDIES |
| Title in German | Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung in die Postkoloniale Germanistik |
| Code | ΒΚ0283 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | German Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600020361 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 15
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | EPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪS | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2021 – 2022 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600186856
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600186856
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- German (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
This seminar conducts a comparative approach to colonalism through English and German literary texts. After an introduction into postcolonial studies we will discuss the application of this theoretical configuration to contemporary German texts. Furthermore, the New Weltliteratur will be tetsted in this environment as a methodological and analyzing set of tool.
Educational Material Types
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | 78 | 3.1 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 34 | 1.4 | |||
| Project | 35 | 1.4 | |||
| Written assigments | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Themen für Referate (eigene Vorschläge sind willkommen!):
Sachthemen:
Kolonialismus – Imperialismus: Eine Begriffsklärung
Die Postkolonialismus – Ursprung und Entwicklung
Das deutsche Kolonialreich
Frauen in den deutschen Kolonien
Deutschland und Afrika – das aktuelle Verhältnis
Das Humboldt-Forum und die Raubgut-Diskussion
„Postkoloniale Schweiz“
Denker des Postkolonialismus – Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Franz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Achille Mbembe, Bénédicte Savoy ……
Literatur-Themen:
Ackermann, Rolf: Die weiße Jägerin von Afrika (2006, 2016)
Bauer, Christoph W: Niemandskinder (2019)
Capus, Alex: Eine Frage der Zeit (2007)
Munzinger Pascha
Cusanti, Kenah: Babel (2019)
Fels, Ludwig: Die Hottentottenwerft (2015)
Hamann, Christof: Usambara (2007) PT2668.A4425U83 2007
Jaumann, Bernhard: Steinland (2012)
Jaumann, Bernhard: Der lange Schatten (2015)
Kehlmann, Daniel: Die Vermessung der Welt (2008)
Kleewitz, Andreas von: Kegilé (2016)
Kracht: Christian: Imperium
Nadolny, Sten: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit (1983)
Scneider, Daniel: Identität und Ordnung. Entwürfe des ‚Eigenen‘ und ‚Fremden‘ in deutschen Kolonial- und Afrikaromanen von 1889 bis 1952 (2011)
Steinaecker, Thomas von: Schutzgebiet (2016)
Timm, Uwe: Morenga (1978)
Ilija Trojanow: Der Weltensammler (2006)
Torkler, Christian: Der Platz an der Sonne (2018)
Last Update
17-09-2021
