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*'''Course Description''':  
 
*'''Course Description''':  
  
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Please, '''buy and read''' the following novels, novellas & short stories:  
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Please, '''buy and read''' the following novels and short story anthology:  
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*Thomas King, ''Green Grass, Running Water'', 1994
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*Thomas King, ''Green Grass, Running Water'' [1993]. New York: Bantam, 1994.
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*Bruce Meyer, ed. ''Clif-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change'', 2017.  
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*Bruce Meyer, ed. ''Clif-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change''. Holstein, ON: Exile Editions, 2017.  
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*Jaspreet Singh, ''Face: A Novel of the Anthropocene''. Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions, 2022.
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Further primary reading:
 
*[Cherie Dimaline, ''The Marrow Thieves'', 2017]
 
*[Cherie Dimaline, ''The Marrow Thieves'', 2017]
 
*[Premee Mohamed, ''The Annual Migration of Clouds'', 2021]
 
*[Premee Mohamed, ''The Annual Migration of Clouds'', 2021]
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*Jaspreet Singh, ''Face'', 2022
 
  
 
PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to order (and, ideally, immerse yourself in the reading of) the novels. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.  
 
PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to order (and, ideally, immerse yourself in the reading of) the novels. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.  
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===Session 1: 20 October===
 
===Session 1: 20 October===
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*Introduction: Cli-fi and Eco-crit
  
 
===Session 2: 27 October===
 
===Session 2: 27 October===
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*Climate Change Fiction
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*Reading: Trexler
  
 
===Session 3: 3 November===
 
===Session 3: 3 November===
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*Ecocriticism
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*Reading: Lousley 2020
  
 
===Session 4: 10 November===
 
===Session 4: 10 November===
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*Short Story I
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*Theory
  
 
===Session 5: 17 November===
 
===Session 5: 17 November===
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*Short Story II
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*Theory
  
 
===Session 6: 24 November===
 
===Session 6: 24 November===
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*Short Story III
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*Theory
  
 
===Session 7: 1 December===
 
===Session 7: 1 December===
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*Primary Reading: ''Green Grass, Running Water''
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*Textual Analysis
  
 
===Session 8: 8 December===
 
===Session 8: 8 December===
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*Primary Reading: ''Green Grass, Running Water''
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*Secondary Reading: Lousley 2004
  
 
===Session 9: 15 December===
 
===Session 9: 15 December===
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*Primary Reading: ''Green Grass, Running Water''
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*Present Abstracts
  
 
===Session 10: 6 January===
 
===Session 10: 6 January===
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*Primary Reading: ''Face''
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*Textual Analysis
  
 
===Session 11: 12 January===
 
===Session 11: 12 January===
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*Primary Reading: ''Face''
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*Theory: Chakrabarty 2019
  
 
===Session 12: 19 January===
 
===Session 12: 19 January===
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*Primary Reading: ''Face''
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*Research Problems
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*Present Abstracts
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===Session 13: 26 January===
 
===Session 13: 26 January===

Revision as of 17:14, 26 September 2022

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  • Course:
  • Time: Thursday 12-14h
  • Venue:
  • Course Description:

Please, buy and read the following novels and short story anthology:

  • Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water [1993]. New York: Bantam, 1994.
  • Bruce Meyer, ed. Clif-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change. Holstein, ON: Exile Editions, 2017.
  • Jaspreet Singh, Face: A Novel of the Anthropocene. Victoria, BC: Touchwood Editions, 2022.

Further primary reading:

  • [Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves, 2017]
  • [Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration of Clouds, 2021]

PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to order (and, ideally, immerse yourself in the reading of) the novels. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.

  • Course Requirements
  • Requirements for 6 KP: regular attendance and a (oral/)written contribution in the form of either a presentation + written outline (10-12 pp) or seminar paper (15 pp), based on the topic of the seminar.
  • As part of the "Aktive Teilnahme" regulation: 
    Die aktive Teilnahme besteht aus folgenden Komponenten
    - regelmäßige Anwesenheit: max. 3 Abwesenheiten und gegebenenfalls Nacharbeit
    - Vor- und Nachbereitung des Seminarstoffs (Expertengruppen, Vorbereitung/Lektüre von Texten) 
    - Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung aus dem Problembereich des Seminars, durch:
      *Übernahme von Ergebnispräsentationen (Gruppenarbeit) und 
      *Entwicklung einer Research Paper Outline im Laufe des Semesters: 
       Wahl eines Themenbereichs (bis letzte Sitzung vor Weihnachten),
       Abstract mit Fragestellung inkl. Forschungsbibliographie (RPO) (bis 24. Jan), 
       Vorstellung der Fragestellung (letzte Semestersitzung).

Session 1: 20 October

  • Introduction: Cli-fi and Eco-crit

Session 2: 27 October

  • Climate Change Fiction
  • Reading: Trexler

Session 3: 3 November

  • Ecocriticism
  • Reading: Lousley 2020

Session 4: 10 November

  • Short Story I
  • Theory

Session 5: 17 November

  • Short Story II
  • Theory

Session 6: 24 November

  • Short Story III
  • Theory

Session 7: 1 December

  • Primary Reading: Green Grass, Running Water
  • Textual Analysis

Session 8: 8 December

  • Primary Reading: Green Grass, Running Water
  • Secondary Reading: Lousley 2004

Session 9: 15 December

  • Primary Reading: Green Grass, Running Water
  • Present Abstracts

Session 10: 6 January

  • Primary Reading: Face
  • Textual Analysis

Session 11: 12 January

  • Primary Reading: Face
  • Theory: Chakrabarty 2019

Session 12: 19 January

  • Primary Reading: Face
  • Research Problems
  • Present Abstracts


Session 13: 26 January

Session 14: 02 February

  • discussion of research papers
  • feedback on evaluation 
  [Hand in research papers until 15 March 2023]

Tools

Primary Reading

  • see above

Further Reading

Links

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