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| − | The | + | The question of the universality or cultural relativity of human rights has been the subject of a |
| − | + | growing debate since the turn of the new millennium, and critics and theorists from literary and | |
| − | + | cultural studies have taken their share in this debate. The course invites students to discuss | |
| − | + | outstanding contributions to this debate; it offers the opportunity to explore the history of the | |
| − | + | human rights discourse from around 1800 to the present, and to reflect its significance to literary | |
| − | + | studies. At the core of our seminar will be the close reading of two outstanding works of fiction, | |
| − | + | Mary Shelley’s _Frankenstein_ (1818) and J. M. Coetzee’s _Waiting for the Barbarians_ (1980). | |
| − | + | Against the background of the emergence and development of the human rights discourse, the | |
| − | + | particular focus of analysing these texts will be on the construction, the problematisation and the | |
| + | relevance of descriptive and normative conceptions of the human to these texts and to the | ||
| + | cultural settings which produced them and to which they respond. | ||
Students should purchase and read in advance: | Students should purchase and read in advance: | ||
| − | + | Shelley, Frankenstein (angaben folgen) | |
| − | + | Cotzee, waiting for the barbarians (angaben folgen) | |
| − | + | [Both texts may be had at a very competitive price at the CvO Bookshop] | |
| − | + | Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available on | |
| − | + | the course’s interactive wiki-website. | |
| − | + | Requirements: for 9 KP (M.Ed. Gym and M.A.): | |
| − | Additional materials for preparation will be made available on the course’s interactive | + | During the course: 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 | |
| − | Requirements: for | + | final discussion. |
| − | and participation in an ‘expert group’ that will prepare a certain aspect of the seminar’s topic for | + | After the course (deadline Aug 31, 2010): a term paper of ca. 20 pp. based on the topic of the |
| − | the final discussion. | + | presentation. |
| − | Requirements for 6 KP: as above, | + | Requirements for 6 KP (M.Ed. WiPaed): |
| − | presentation | + | During the course: as above. |
| + | After the course (deadline Aug 31, 2010): a term paper of ca. 10 pp. based on the topic of the | ||
| + | presentation. | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Course Description
The question of the universality or cultural relativity of human rights has been the subject of a growing debate since the turn of the new millennium, and critics and theorists from literary and cultural studies have taken their share in this debate. The course invites students to discuss outstanding contributions to this debate; it offers the opportunity to explore the history of the human rights discourse from around 1800 to the present, and to reflect its significance to literary studies. At the core of our seminar will be the close reading of two outstanding works of fiction, Mary Shelley’s _Frankenstein_ (1818) and J. M. Coetzee’s _Waiting for the Barbarians_ (1980). Against the background of the emergence and development of the human rights discourse, the particular focus of analysing these texts will be on the construction, the problematisation and the relevance of descriptive and normative conceptions of the human to these texts and to the cultural settings which produced them and to which they respond. Students should purchase and read in advance: Shelley, Frankenstein (angaben folgen) Cotzee, waiting for the barbarians (angaben folgen) [Both texts may be had at a very competitive price at the CvO Bookshop] Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available on the course’s interactive wiki-website. Requirements: for 9 KP (M.Ed. Gym and M.A.): During the course: 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. After the course (deadline Aug 31, 2010): a term paper of ca. 20 pp. based on the topic of the presentation. Requirements for 6 KP (M.Ed. WiPaed): During the course: as above. After the course (deadline Aug 31, 2010): a term paper of ca. 10 pp. based on the topic of the presentation.
Bibliography
