Dozent/in
Dr. Susanne Gruß
Angaben
Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, für Gasthörer zugelassen
Termine
Mi, 12:15-13:45 , KH 1.012
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
Modulzugehörigkeit, Zulassungsvoraussetzung, Scheinerwerb
- BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (301) Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) - Hausarbeit
- Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) - Hausarbeit (80 %)
- MA English Studies: Core Module: Literature (module 4051, exam 40511) - Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (23 pages, 20%)
- MA English Studies: Master Module II: Literature (module 8360, exam 83601) - Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (23pages, 20%)
- MA Literaturstudien intermedial und interkulturell: Modul 4
Inhalt
Ever since the Brexit referendum in 2016, the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union has dominated UK news. Brexit has also seeped into contemporary literature (the term 'Brexlit' was coined as early as 2017) and other cultural productions. In this seminar, we will look at a broad spectrum of texts that tackle the entangled questions of Brexit, British (English?) identity, migration politics in postcolonial Britain, and cultural memory. We will read Ali Smith's Autumn| (2017) as a neo-condition-of-England novel, discuss the depiction of (middle) England as the so-called 'ground zero' of Brexit in Adam Thorpe's |Missing Fay| (2017), analyse the dystopian politics of John Lanchester's |The Wall| (2019), and the question of (post)colonial migration in Mohsin Hamid's |Exit West| (2017). In order to complement the Brexlit aspects of this course, we will watch and discuss Stephen Fry's critical Brexit videos (2018, available on YouTube), Joe Wright's neo-historical |Darkest Hour| (2017), which depicts one of the 'heroic' chapters of British history, and Toby Haynes's |Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019, Channel 4) about Boris Johnson's Leave Campaign.
Please note that attending this course entails a comparatively heavy reading load. Primary texts will be supplemented by compulsory secondary texts (available on studOn by mid-April). You should have finished reading at least Ali Smith's Autumn| and Adam Thorpe's |Missing Fay by the beginning of summer term. Additionally, all course members are expected to join an expert group that is responsible for the structuring of one session.
Empfohlene Literatur
- Ali Smith, Autumn (2017)
- Adam Thorpe, Missing Fay (2017)
- John Lanchester, The Wall (2019)
- Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)
- Stephen Fry, Brexit Videos (Pindex, 2018)
- Joe Wright, Darkest Hour (2017)
- Toby Haynes, Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019, Channel 4)
Zusätzliche Informationen
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Für diese Lehrveranstaltung ist eine Anmeldung erforderlich. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über mein campus.
Institution
Lehrstuhl für Anglistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft
