Masterseminar Immigrants and Exiles from World War II until Today

Today, with thousands of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe and find a more peaceful and promising living environment there, migration and exile seem to be the condition of the moment. Yet, what one tends to forget in the heated debates that currently populate talk shows and newspapers, is that migration is a phenomenon that is almost as old as mankind itself, and that the population of whole continents - most notably North America and Australia - has been defined by immigration. In this seminar, we will explore literary attempts to grasp the experience of migration and exile within the framework of postcolonial literatures in English. We will begin by reflecting the notions of ‘exile’ in the context of migration and diaspora studies, and will then concentrate on English and Anglophone literature produced between the Second World War and Today. By discussing novels that cover such diverse historical moments as the arrival of the Windrush generation of Caribbean workers in Britain in 1948 and the experience of contemporary 21st century refugee camps, I suggest that immigrant fictions not only urge us to explore questions of history and identity but also national models of literary culture, thus challengíng us to employ larger, transnational frameworks of reference. Topics will include gender and mobility, the politics of form of migrant writing, questions of translation, and the transnational book (market). Please buy and read: Sem Selvon, Lonely Londoners (1956), (Longman) Ama Ata Aidoo, Our Sister Killjoy (1977), (Longman) Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007), (Riverhead Books) J.M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus (2014), (Vintage) Anmeldung Anmeldung (über LSF) 3. - 12. Febr. 2016 Downloads DateinameBeschreibunggültig vongültig bis Caryl Phillips_A New World Order_Pt 1.pdf Caryl Phillips_A New World Order_Part 1 Caryl Phillips_A New World Order_Pt 2.pdf Caryl Phillips_A New World Order_Part 2 Immigrants and Exiles_Seminarplan.docx Seminarplan_aktualisiert_15.04.2016 Literaturliste_HS Immigrants and Exiles.docx Select Bibliography MS_Immigrants and Exiles_Expert Group.docx Expert Groups James Clifford_Diasporas.pdf Clifford_Diasporas Mayer_Einleitung_Diaspora.pdf Mayer_Einleitung_Diaspora_Eine kritische Begriffsbestimmung Walkowitz_The Location of Literature.pdf Walkowitz_The Location of Literature_The Transnational Book and the Migrant Writer Immigrants and Exiles_Seminarplan.docx Reading for 25.04._Rushdie_Imaginary Homelands Zum Download müssen Sie angemeldet sein! Department III - Anglistik und Amerikanistik LMU München SoSe 2016 Dr. Fekadu Uthoff Sarah