Lektürekurs Nadine Gordimer and J M Coetzee 8211 Two Distinct Voices from South Africa

In 2014, South Africa celebrated the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid, the country’s first race-all elections and Nelson Mandela’s becoming South Africa’s first black president. Mandela’s death in 2013 and Nadine Gordimer’s in 2014 were also occasions to take a look at present-day South Africa and evaluate the achievements and shortcomings of this country after apartheid. Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee have taken very distinct approaches to writing about and against apartheid in South Africa and to dealing with its legacy. In this course, we will trace the distinct political as well as artistic projects of both Nobel Prize winners through some of their most interesting texts, which all deal in some way or another with apartheid or post-apartheid South Africa. Please purchase J.M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country (Vintage, 2004), Disgrace (Vintage, 2000); Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist (Bloomsbury, 2005), Burger’s Daughter (Bloomsbury, 2000), No Time Like the Present (Bloomsbury 2013); Since we will be doing quite a lot of close reading, working with these editions will be easiest for you. But if you should already have a different edition of any of these texts, there is no need for you to buy another one. Department III - Anglistik und Amerikanistik Übungsaufgaben oder Thesenpapier (2500- max. 5000 Zeichen) B.A.-Nebenfach SLK: Diese Veranstaltung entspricht in WP 2 dem Kurstyp -Begleitkurs zu Themen der Literaturwissenschaft m/n/o/p- (WP 2.0.14/16/18/20). Sie erhalten 3 ECTS, wenn Sie entweder eine Klausur (30-60 Min.) schreiben oder eine mündliche Prüfung (15-30 Min.) ablegen oder ein Thesenpapier (3.000-6.000 Zeichen) oder Übungsaufgaben (3.000-6.000 Zeichen) fertigen. Die Prüfung muss benotet sein. Die Wahl der Prüfungsart liegt beim Dozenten. LMU München SoSe 2016 Zander Laura Anina