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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 14:29, 13 October 2011
- Time: Thu
- Lecturer: Daniel Sip Anna Auguscik
Contents
Course Description
The Representation of Muslims in the West through Literature, Film and the Arts has a history that can be trace back to dawn of imperial expansion. It found a first major theoretical embracing within Edward W. Said's work on Orientalism and has since then been developed further in the disciplines of sociology, political sciences, post-colonial studies, humanities, history and others. Since 9/11 (and the events in London coined 7/7) muslims, the arab world (if one can speak of such) and Islam has been discussed fevertly in front of the backdrop of terrorism. This had significant social impact on the societies spoken about but also left a strong mark on countries like Britain in which muslim of many origins and ethnicities found a home. In this course we will analyse three novels and a movie which have been published after 9/11 and try to understand complex web of representation and reception which these works produce. Theories of Orientalism, Post-Colonial theory and theories of representation will be part of our toolkit to do so.
Students should purchase and read in advance:
- Moshin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Penguin: 2008)
- H.M. Naqvi: Home Boy (Crown: 2009)
- Shelina Zahra Janmohamed: Love in a Headscarf: Muslim woman seeks the One (Aurum Press: 2009)
[All three will be available at the CvO Bookshop]
We will also provide a screening of Chris Morris' Four Lions (2010).
Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here.
Requirements: for 3 KP: regular attendance, an oral contribution in the form of a presentation and participation in an ‘expert group’ that will prepare a certain aspect of the seminar’s topic for the final discussion.
Requirements for 6 KP: as above, with a term paper of ca. 10 pp. based on the topic of the presentation.
Requirements for 9 KP: as above, with a term paper of ca. 15-20 pp. based on the topic of the presentation.
As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation tbd
Bibliography
Primary Material:
- Moshin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Penguin: 2008)
- H.M. Naqvi: Home Boy (Crown: 2009)
- Shelina Zahra Janmohamed: Love in a Headscarf: Muslim woman seeks the One (Aurum Press: 2009)
- Four Lions. 2010. Herbert, Mark and Derrin Schlesinger, 7 May 2010 (UK).
Secondary Material
Edward W. Said. Orientalism
03.11.11 Introduction
Introductory session
