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	'''PRIMARY TEXTS (Mandatory Reading)'''		'''PRIMARY TEXTS (Mandatory Reading)'''
−	* Swift, Graham. ''Waterland''. 1983. London: Picador, 2019. Print.	+	* Swift, Graham. ''Waterland''. 1983. London: Picador, 2019. Print. (or any other edition)
−	* Lively, Penelope. ''Moon Tiger''. 1987. London: Penguin, 2015. Print.	+	* Lively, Penelope. ''Moon Tiger''. 1987. London: Penguin, 2015. Print. (or any other edition)
−	* Hollinghurst, Alan. ''The Swimming Pool Library''. 1988. London: Vintage, 2015. Print.	+	* Hollinghurst, Alan. ''The Swimming Pool Library''. 1988. London: Vintage, 2015. Print. (or any other edition)
−	* Carter, Angela. ''Nights at the Circus''. 1984. London: Vintage, 1994. Print.	+	(* Carter, Angela. ''Nights at the Circus''. 1984. London: Vintage, 1994. Print. (or any other edition))
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	Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.		Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.
−	* [Abgabefrist] 15. September 2022.	+	* [Abgabefrist] 15. März 2023.
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	6. Be ready to answer questions on the day of your presentation.		6. Be ready to answer questions on the day of your presentation.
−	==Session 02, April 26: Theory Session - Memory, Identity, Unreliability==	+	==Session 02, April 26: Historiographic Metafiction==
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Drag_MemoryLossNostalgia_Ishiguro_Intro_gesichert.pdf Drag, Wojciech. "Introduction: Rememberance of Things Lost." ''Remembering Loss: Memory, Trauma and Nostalgia in Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro''. By Wojciech Drag. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars, 2014. 1-23. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Neumann_Erinnerug_Identitaet_Narration_Gedaechtnistheorie_gesichert.pdf Neumann, Birgit. "Gedächtnistheoretische Konzepte zum Zusammenhang von Erinnerungen, Identitäten und Narrationen." ''Erinnerung-Identität-Narration: Gattungstypologie und Funktionen kanadischer 'Fictions of Memory'''. Berlin and New York, NY: de Gruyter, 2005. 19-48. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Guiding Questions'''		'''Guiding Questions'''
−	* If identity, according to a cultural studies approach, is understood as a dynamic construct in the constant process of becoming, then what role do memories and memory-based self-narratives play in said process? In what way do memories shape our accounts of ourselves and to what effects?	+	* TBA
−	* What are the major functions of memory when it comes to creating a self-narrative?	+
−	* In what ways are these functions compatible with an understanding of memory that points out and insists on its instable and re-constructed qualities? And why are memories considered modified re-constructions and re-presentations in the first place (rather than simply exact copies of past events)?	+
−	* What are some of the possible irritations and distortions that affect our memory? How do "false memories" come about? (And why may this term be misleading?)	+
−	* How do traumas influence our identity? And how do they influence the alleged coherence of our self-narratives?	+
−	* In how far do schemata influence (or even categories) our ability to remember?	+
−	* In what ways is our memory shaped by current, present-oriented stimuli (cues) or triggers? And what does the concept "Ekphorie" (cued recall) describe?	+
−	* What is the difference between the episodic and the semantic memory?	+
−	* What does the term autobiographical memory mean?	+
−	* How do narratives shape our sense of self? How 'true' are our accounts of ourselves?	+
−	* In fiction, how can texts approach the representation of the (allegedly flawed) workings of memory? What choices regarding the narrtive design could inform those "fictions of memory"? What is it that these fictions need to do justice to when it comes to be representing the workings of memory? In what ways may manifestations of unreliability differ?	+
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':		* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
−	==Session 03, May 03: The Butler - Stevens's Englishness and His Professional Work Ethos==	+	==Session 03, May 03: TBA==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''The Remains of the Day''. 1989. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Su_NationalCharacterEstateNovelTRotD_gesichert.pdf Su, John J. "Refiguring National Character: The Remains of the British Estate Novel." ''MFS: Modern Fiction Studies'' 48.3 (2002): 552-580. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/OBrien_PostcolonialPoliticsTRofD_gesichert.pdf O'Brien, Susie. "Serving a New World Order: Postcolonial Politics in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''The Remains of the Day''." ''MFS: Modern Fiction Studies'' 42.4 (1996): 787-806. Print.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Trimm_CountrysideNarrationTRotD_gesichert.pdf Trimm, Ryan. " Telling Positions: Country, Countryside, and Narration in ''The Remains of the Day''." ''PLL: Papers on Language & Literature'' 45.2 (2009): 180-211. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "Butlers only truly exist in England,": Landscape Constructions, Identity Constructions, and the Function of Nostalgia in Stevens's Analogy between Estate and Nation	+	* TBA
	* ''Presentation Group'':		* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Lucie Timm	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 04, May 10: Lapses of Memory - Stevens's Reconstruction of the Past==		==Session 04, May 10: Lapses of Memory - Stevens's Reconstruction of the Past==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''The Remains of the Day''. 1989. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Furst_Memory_RemainsDay_gesichert.pdf Furst, Lilian R. "Memory's Fragile Power in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Remains of the Day'' and W. G. Sebald's 'Max Ferber'." ''Contemporary Literature'' 48.4 (2007): 530-553. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Drag_-_Memory_Loss_Nostalgia_RemainsMemory_gesichert.pdf Drag, Wojciech. "Chapter Two: Memory and Narrative Construction." ''Remembering Loss: Memory, Trauma and Nostalgia in Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro''. By Wojciech Drag. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars, 2014. 72-7. Print.]	+	* TBA
−		+
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Lang_PublicMemoryPrivateHistoryRemains_gesichert.pdf Lang, James M. "Public Memory, Private History: Kazuo Ishiguro's ''The Remains of the Day''." ''Clio'' 29.2 (2000): 143-65. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "A case of hindsight colouring my memory,": Schacter's 'Sevens Sins of Memory' - Their Representation and Their Function in ''The Remains of the Day''	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Lucie Timm	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
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	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''The Remains of the Day''. 1989. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Wall_The_Remains_of_the_Day_Unreliable_Narration_gesichert.pdf Wall, Kathleen. "''The Remains of the Day'' And Its Challenges to Theories of Unreliable Narration". ''The Journal of Narrative Technique'' 24.1 (1994): 18-42. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Marcus_Self-DeceptionTRotD_gesichert.pdf Marcus, Amit. "Kazuo Ishiguro's ''The Remains of the Day'' : The Discourse of Self-Deception." ''Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas'' 4.1 (2006): 129-150. Print.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Phelan_martin_lessons-weymough_homodieges-unreliability-ethics_remains-day_gesichert.pdf Phelan, James and Mary Patricia Martin. "The Lessons of Weymouth: Homodiegesis, Unreliabiility, Ethics, and ''The Remains of the Day''." ''Narratologies: New Perspectives on Narrative Analysis''. Ed. David Herman. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1999. 88–109. Print.]	+
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Schaebler_DignityUnreliabilityRemains_gesichert.pdf Schäbler, Daniel. "'… what dignity is there in that?': Zum Zusammenhang erzählerischer Unzuverlässigkeit und ethischem Verhalten in Kazuo Ishiguros ''The Remains of the Day''." ''AAA – Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik'' 38.1 (2013): 19-36. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "My explanation was woefully inadequate,": Stevens's Unreliable Homodiegetic Narrative and Its Formal and Functional Design	+	* TBA
	* ''Presentation Group'':		* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Sonia Briesemeister, Kaan Ugrar	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
−		+
−	Abstract ''The Remains of the Day'' Due: May 20	+
	==Session 06, May 24: The Detective - Christopher Banks's Cultural Hybridity and His Professional Role Model==		==Session 06, May 24: The Detective - Christopher Banks's Cultural Hybridity and His Professional Role Model==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''When We Were Orphans''. 2000. London: Faber and Faber, 2013. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Machinal_NarrationDetectionOrphans_gesichert.pdf Machinal, Hélène. "''When We Were Orphans'': Narration and Detection in the Case of Christopher Banks." ''Kazuo Ishiguro. Contemporary Critical Perspectives.'' Eds. Sean Matthews and Sebastian Groes. London: Continuum, 2009. 79-90. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* Döring, Tobias. "Sherlock Holmes-He Dead: Disenchanting the English Detective in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''When We Were Orphans''." ''Postcolonial Postmortems: Crime Fiction from a Transcultural Perspective''. Eds. Christine Matzke and Susanne Mühleisen. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006. 59-86. Print.	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Soenmez_PlaceIdentityDetectionWWWO_gesichert.pdf Sönmez, Margaret. "Place Identity and Detection in ''When We Were Orphans''." ''Kazuo Ishiguro in a Global Context''. Eds. Cynthia F. Wong and Hülya Yildiz. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015. 79-89. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "Rooting out evil,": Literary Role Models, Detective Fiction, and the Cultivation of Englishness in Christopher Banks's Personal and Professional Identity Constructions	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Sonia Briesemeister, Kaan Ugrar	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Marvin Hinrichs, Sandra Merkel	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 07, May 31: Trauma - Christopher Banks's Wild Goose Chase==		==Session 07, May 31: Trauma - Christopher Banks's Wild Goose Chase==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''When We Were Orphans''. 2000. London: Faber and Faber, 2013. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Birke_FictionsPersonalMemoryOrphans_gesichert.pdf Birke, Dorothee. "Fictions of Personal Memory: The Precarious Character of Remembering and Identity in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''When We Were Orphans'' (2000), Penelope Lively's ''The Photograph'' (2003) and Julian Barnes's ''The Sense of an Ending'' (2011)." ''The British Novel in the Twenty-First Century: Cultural Concerns – Literary Developments – Model Interpretations''. Eds. Vera Nünning and Ansgar Nünning. Trier: WVT, 2018. 201-16. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Bizzini_RecollectingMemoriesReconstructingIdentities_gesichert.pdf Bizzini, Silvia. "Recollecting Memories, Reconstructing Identities: Narrators as Storytellers in Kazuo Ishiguro’s ''When We Were Orphans'' and ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Atlantis'' 35.2 (2013): 65-80. Print.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Drag_MemoryLossNostalgia_Orphans_gesichert.pdf Drag, Wojciech. "Chapter Five: In Search of Lost Innocence." ''Remembering Loss: Memory, Trauma and Nostalgia in Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro''. By Wojciech Drag. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars, 2014. 142-163. Print.]	+
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Shang_Shanghai_Memory_Orphans_gesichert.pdf Shang, Biwu. "The Maze of Shanghai Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''When We Were Orphans''." ''CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture'' 19.3 (2017): 1-10. Web.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "To face the world as orphans," : Childhood Recollections, Unsolved Crimes, and Unresolved Traumas in Christopher Banks's Increasingly Surreal Self-Perception	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Marvin Hinrichs, Sandra Merkel	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Matti Kutzner	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 08, June 07: Re-Collecting the Self - Christopher Banks's Melancholic Self-Narrative==		==Session 08, June 07: Re-Collecting the Self - Christopher Banks's Melancholic Self-Narrative==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''When We Were Orphans''. 2000. London: Faber and Faber, 2013. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Weston_CommitmentRootedInLossOrphans_gesichert.pdf Weston, Elizabeth. "Commitment Rooted in Loss: Kazuo Ishiguro's ''When We Were Orphans''."  ''Critique'' 53.4 (2012): 337-54. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://legacy.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v7is1/ishigu.htm Finney, Brian. "Figuring the Real: Ishiguro’s ''When We Were Orphans''." ''Jouvere. A Journal of Postcolonial Studies'' 7.1 (2002): n. pag. Web.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Teo_MemoryNostalgiaRecognition_Orphans_gesichert.pdf Teo, Yugin. "Memory, Nostalgia and Recognition in Ishiguro’s Work." ''Kazuo Ishiguro in a Global Context''. Eds. Cynthia F. Wong and Hülya Yildiz. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015. 39-47. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "Where would I be without you?,": (Re-)Gaining a Sense of Commitment and Cultivating Reparative Uses of Melancholia in Christopher Banks's Self-Narrative	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Matti Kutzner	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Frauke Stegmann	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
−		+
−	Abstract ''When We Were Orphans'' Due: June 10	+
	==Session 09, June 14: The Clone/Donor - Kathy H.'s Vocational Ethics and Dystopian Health Care Systmes==		==Session 09, June 14: The Clone/Donor - Kathy H.'s Vocational Ethics and Dystopian Health Care Systmes==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''Never Let Me Go''. 2005. London: Faber and Faber, 2010. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Black_Ishiguro_inhuman_Aesthetics_gesichert.pdf Black, Shameem. "Ishiguro's Inhuman Aesthetics." ''MFS Modern Fiction Studies'' 55.4 (2009): 785-807. Print.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Eatough_TimeOrganDonationBildungNLMG_gesichert.pdf Eatough, Matthew. "The Time That Remains: Organ Donation, Temporal Duration, and ''Bildung'' in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Literature and Medicine'' 29.1 (2011): 132-60. Print.]	+
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Whitehead_Writing_With_Care_Ishiguro_gesichert.pdf Whitehead, Anne. "Writing with Care: Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Contemporary Literature'' 52.1 (2011): 54-83. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "It felt right. After all, it's what we're ''supposed'' to be doing,": Miseducation, (Manipulative Uses of) Empathy and Art, and the Vocation to Care in ''Never Let Me Go''	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Frauke Stegmann	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Sina Klink	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 10, June 21: Manipulated Minds - Kathy H.'s (Non-)Knowledge of the Past==		==Session 10, June 21: Manipulated Minds - Kathy H.'s (Non-)Knowledge of the Past==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''Never Let Me Go''. 2005. London: Faber and Faber, 2010. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Yeung_MemoryMortalityNLMG_gesichert.pdf Yeung, Virginia. "Mortality and Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Transnational Literature'' 9.2 (2017): 1-13. Print.]	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Mullan_AfterwordFirst_ReadingNLMG_gesichert.pdf Mullan, John. "On First Reading Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Kazuo Ishiguro: Contemporary Critical Perspectives''. Eds. Sean Matthews and Sebastian Groes. London: Continuum, 2009. 104-113. Print.]	+
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Currie_ControllingTimeNLMG_gesichert.pdf Currie, Mark. "Controlling Time: Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Kazuo Ishiguro: Contemporary Critical Perspectives''. Eds. Sean Matthews and Sebastian Groes. London: Continuum, 2009. 91-103. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "We'd been 'told and not told',": Memory, Focalisation, Unreliability, and the Management of (Non-)Knowledge in ''Never Let Me Go''	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Sina Klink	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Lea Welp	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 11, June 28: Reclaiming and Repurposing the Self - Kathy H's Nostalgic Self-Narrative==		==Session 11, June 28: Reclaiming and Repurposing the Self - Kathy H's Nostalgic Self-Narrative==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''Never Let Me Go''. 2005. London: Faber and Faber, 2010. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Nakamura_NostalgiaNLMG_gesichert.pdf Nakamura, Asami. "On the Uses of Nostalgia in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Science Fiction Studies'' 48 (2021): 61-75. Print.]	+	* TBA
	'''Further Reading'''		'''Further Reading'''
−	* Facundo, A.C. "Reading the Queer Reparative in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''Never Let Me Go''." ''Oscillations of Literary Theory: The Paranoid Imperative and Queer Reparative''. New York, NY: Suny, 2016. 149-88. Print.	+	* TBA
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/AM_Kazuo_Ishiguro/Teo_MemoryNostalgiaRecognition_Orphans_gesichert.pdf Teo, Yugin. "Memory, Nostalgia and Recognition in Ishiguro’s Work." ''Kazuo Ishiguro in a Global Context''. Eds. Cynthia F. Wong and Hülya Yildiz. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015. 39-47. Print.]	+
−	* [https://uol.de/f/3/inst/anglistik/download/Lehre/Lassen_Lehrmaterialien/MM_Reparative_Readings/Sedgwick_Paranoid_Reading_and_Reparative_Reading_gesichert.pdf Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. "Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading. Or, You're So Paranoid, You Probably Think this Essay Is about You." ''Touching Feeling. Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity''. Durham: Duke UP, 2003. 123-51. Print.]	+
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "A real source of comfort,": Facing the Futureless Future and Cultivating Reparative Uses of Nostalgia in Kathy H.'s Self-Narrative	+	* TBA
−	* ''Presentation Group'': Lea Welp	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':		* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
−
−	Abstract ''Never Let Me Go'' Due: July 01
	==Session 12, July 05: The Artificial Friend - Klara's Posthuman Gaze and Its Limitations==		==Session 12, July 05: The Artificial Friend - Klara's Posthuman Gaze and Its Limitations==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''Klara and the Sun''. 2021. London: Faber and Faber, 2022. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* Varia	+	* TBA
		+
		+	'''Further Reading'''
		+	* TBA
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "The field became partitioned into boxes,": Focalising the Limits of (Non-Human) Knowledge and Perception in ''Klara and the Sun''	+	* TBA
	* ''Presentation Group'':		* ''Presentation Group'':
	'''Preparatory Session'''		'''Preparatory Session'''
−	* ''Preparatory Session Group'': Saskia Repper	+	* ''Preparatory Session Group'':
	==Session 13, July 12: Overlapping Memories - Klara's Dissociative Self-Narrative==		==Session 13, July 12: Overlapping Memories - Klara's Dissociative Self-Narrative==
	'''Primary Material'''		'''Primary Material'''
−	* Ishiguro, Kazuo. ''Klara and the Sun''. 2021. London: Faber and Faber, 2022. Print.	+	* TBA
	'''Theory Texts'''		'''Theory Texts'''
−	* Varia	+	* TBA
		+
		+	'''Further Reading'''
		+	* TBA
	'''Presentation'''		'''Presentation'''
−	* "Such composite memories have sometimes filled my mind so vividly,": Remembering and Forgetting as Distinctly Human(e) Qualities in ''Klara and the Sun''	+	* TBA
−	''Presentation Group'': Saskia Repper	+	* ''Presentation Group'':
−	Abstract ''Klara and the Sun'' Due: July 15	+	'''Preparatory Session'''
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COURSE OUTLINE

3.02.121: S Rewriting History - Historiographic Metafiction and the English Novel

• [Module] ang612 - Periods and Key Figures

• [Credits] 6 KP

• [Instructor] Dr. Christian Lassen

• [Time] Wednesday, 08.15 am - 09.45 am, weekly session, consisting of the following two parts: plenary session, discussing the asynchronous presentation (8.15 am - 9.15 am); and prepararory session for presentation groups (9.15 am - 9.45 am); nota bene: presentations will not be given in class but they will be made available on Stud.IP the Friday before they are scheduled, i.e. watching the presentations prior to the relevant sessions constitues a mandatory course requirement.

• [Room] A01 0-010a

• [Description] tba

• [Office Hours] Monday, 09.00 am - 10.00 am

PRIMARY TEXTS (Mandatory Reading)

• Swift, Graham. Waterland. 1983. London: Picador, 2019. Print. (or any other edition)

• Lively, Penelope. Moon Tiger. 1987. London: Penguin, 2015. Print. (or any other edition)

• Hollinghurst, Alan. The Swimming Pool Library. 1988. London: Vintage, 2015. Print. (or any other edition)

(* Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus. 1984. London: Vintage, 1994. Print. (or any other edition))

ASSIGNMENTS

• [Prüfungsleistung] asynchrones (Gruppen-)Referat (max. 2 Personen; ca. 20 Folien) mit Schriftlicher Ausarbeitung (10 Seiten) [oder in Ausnahmefällen: Hausarbeit (15 Seiten)]

• [Aktive Teilnahme] Regular Attendance (cf. Richtlinien der Fakultät III, Studiendekanat), Course Preparation (i.e. watching the asynchronous presentations), 2 Abstracts

Please note that written assignments (abstracts, short term papers, long term papers) need to be composed according to the style sheet ("Leitfaden")of the University of Oldenburg, which can be accessed via the 'Institutswiki'-page of the English department. The style sheet not only provides relevant information on how to write a correct bibliography but it may also help you to structure your work according to academic standards.

Please make sure to sign the "Erklärung zum 'Plagiat'" and to attach it to your research papers.

• [Abgabefrist] 15. März 2023.

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Session 01, April 19: Introduction

Organisational Matters

• Assignments

Assignments are graded and mandatory. In order to obtain 6 credits (KP), you will have to give an asynchronous (group) presentation (Referat, 20 Folien) on one of the presentation topics specified in the syllabus. In addition to that, you will have to hand in a short term paper (Ausarbeitung, 10 Seiten) by the end of term (15. September). In exceptional cases, you may hand in a long term paper (Hausarbeit, 15 Seiten) instead of the above. However, an exception is only granted upon consultation.

• Presentation Topics, Presentation Groups

Presentation Topics are specified on your syllabus. In order to prepare your presentations, please pick a topic, get together in groups (see below) and write up a power-point presentation. Add your audio commentary to the presentation, save the file and send it on to me so that we can discuss your presentation during your preparatory session before you upload it. After that, you make your file available on Stud.IP on the Friday before your presentation is due so that all participants can read/ watch the presentation in time, i.e. before the session.

Requests regarding your choice of presentation topics can be send to me via e-mail, starting on Tuesday, April 05. I will sign you in in the order of the requests' arrival. Please check this page regularly to see if your requests have been met.

Preparatory Sessions for presentations take place in the second part of the weekly sessions, i.e. Tuesday 9.15 am - 9.45 am. Please make sure that you send me your presentation at least one day prior to your preparatory session and that you attend said session the week before your presentation is due.

• Active Participation

Active Participation is ungraded but mandatory. In order to fulfil the requirements, you will have to attend class regularly and watch the asynchronous presentations prior to the relevant sessions. Moreover, you will have to write two abstracts, each including a topic, a state of research, a thesis statement, and a brief outline of your argument (approx. 1 page), in the course of the seminar. You can choose your own topic; however: all abstracts have to address different primary texts. In other words, your abstracts will have to cover two of the four primary materials. They are due by the end of the week (i.e. Friday) that marks the ending of the respective sections, i.e. due date The Remains of the Day: May 20; due date When We Were Orphans: June 10; due date Never Let Me Go: July 01; due date Klara and the Sun: July 15)

   Summary: Presentations

1. Pick a presentation topic and contact me via e-mail (starting April 05). Check below for available places. Presentation groups may consist of a maximum of 2 people.

2. Contact the other members of your group and prepare your presentation, i.e. power-point presentation with audio commentary.

3. Send me your presentation 8 days before your presentation is scheduled.

4. Discuss your presentation with me in your preparatory session 7 days, i.e week, before your presentation is scheduled. Preparatory sessions take place during the second part of class, i.e. Tuesday 9.15 am - 9.45 am.

5. Upload your file on the Friday before your presentation is scheduled.

6. Be ready to answer questions on the day of your presentation.

Session 02, April 26: Historiographic Metafiction

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Session 03, May 03: TBA

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Session 04, May 10: Lapses of Memory - Stevens's Reconstruction of the Past

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Session 05, May 17: Self-Deception and Self-Reflection - Stevens's Inconsistent Self-Narrative

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Session 06, May 24: The Detective - Christopher Banks's Cultural Hybridity and His Professional Role Model

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Session 07, May 31: Trauma - Christopher Banks's Wild Goose Chase

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Session 08, June 07: Re-Collecting the Self - Christopher Banks's Melancholic Self-Narrative

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Session 09, June 14: The Clone/Donor - Kathy H.'s Vocational Ethics and Dystopian Health Care Systmes

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Session 10, June 21: Manipulated Minds - Kathy H.'s (Non-)Knowledge of the Past

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Session 11, June 28: Reclaiming and Repurposing the Self - Kathy H's Nostalgic Self-Narrative

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Session 12, July 05: The Artificial Friend - Klara's Posthuman Gaze and Its Limitations

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Session 13, July 12: Overlapping Memories - Klara's Dissociative Self-Narrative

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Session 14, July 19: RPO Session

Guidelines for finding your RPO topic:

Your RPO topic needs to be related to at least one of the primary texts

   March 15: Term Paper Due

Please upload your paper to the folder "Ausarbeitungen und Hausarbeiten" on our Stud.IP page and send a printed copy to the address below.

Bitte stellen Sie Ihre Prüfungsleistung in den Ordner "Ausarbeitungen und Hausarbeiten" auf unserer Stud.IP-Seite ein und senden Sie eine gedruckte Fassung an die untenstehende Adresse.

Dr. Christian Lassen

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Fakultät III: Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118

26129 Oldenburg