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Module number (link to module description)	Module title	Module coordinator	ECTS credits for module

Course no.: Exam no.:	82-008-L-ANG03-V-S-SE-0512.20191.001
Course title: Exam title:	Literature and Media: New Orleans on Page and Screen
Kategorie:	Seminar
Language of lesson:	Englisch
Date:	4/23/2019 - 7/27/2019
Organizer:	Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lecturer: Examiner:	Aghoro Nathalie
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Exam mode:
Max. number of participants:	20 unlimited
Type of studies:	Grundstudium, Hauptstudium, Orientierungsphase, Basisphase
Learning objectives:
Content/topics:	In this course, we will explore the city of New Orleans in literature and film. As an important maritime port situated in the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico with access to the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean, New Orleans is a culturally diverse place historically marked by creolization, slavery, and natural disasters. Together, we will investigate literary and audiovisual representations of New Orleans across a variety of genres. We will discuss documentaries, novels, short fiction, poetry, TV series and plays that showcase the cultural imaginaries revolving around the city as a culturally vibrant place (music, food, Mardi Gras), as marked by catastrophic events such as hurricane Katrina, and as a site of remembrance for the transatlantic slave trade. Our investigations will be informed by a variety of contemporary theoretical perspectives on literature, film, and performance, as well as racialization, gender, and class.
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Literature:	Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker’s -Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas- (2013) will accompany us throughout the semester, so I highly recommend to procure your personal copy of this required reading before our first session. Among others, works we will watch and read include: Kate Chopin’s novel -The Awakening- (1899), Tennessee Williams’s play -A Streetcar Named Desire- (1948), the TV series -Treme- by David Simon and George Pelecanos (2010-2013), and Spike Lee’s film -When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts- (2006).
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Registration from… to:	3/12/2019 -
Last possible date of deregistration:

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Closed

Comments:

Reading comprehension quizzes will be held in this seminar.

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Scheduled event/examination dates

Date / Time	Room	Lecturer
Tue 23.04.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 30.04.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 07.05.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 14.05.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 21.05.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 28.05.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 04.06.2019 18:00 - 8:00 PM	UA-030	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 18.06.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 25.06.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 02.07.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 09.07.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 16.07.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie
Tue 23.07.2019 17:30 - 8:00 PM	KGA-306	Aghoro, Nathalie