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LITERATURE 2
| Subtitle | Travel Writing and Literature |
|---|---|
| Lecturer(s) | VOGL, WALTER |
| Credit(s) | 2 |
| Academic Year/Semester | 2023 Fall |
| Day/Period | Wed.5 |
| Campus | Hiyoshi |
| Class Format | Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person) |
| Registration Number | 90753 |
| Faculty/Graduate School | BUSINESS AND COMMERCE |
| Department/Major | BUSINESS AND COMMERCE |
| Year Level | 1, 2 |
| Field | GENERAL EDUCATION |
| Course Description | Teaching literature from various perspectives and through various methods. |
| K-Number | FBC-BC-01233-212-85 |
| Course Administrator | Faculty/Graduate School | FBC | BUSINESS AND COMMERCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department/Major | BC | BUSINESS AND COMMERCE | |
| Main Course Number | Level | 0 | Faculty-wide |
| Major Classification | 1 | General Education Course | |
| Minor Classification | 23 | Ii Humanities and Social Sciences Courses - Literature | |
| Subject Type | 3 | Elective subject | |
| Supplemental Course Information | Class Classification | 2 | Lecture |
| Class Format | 1 | Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person) | |
| Language of Instruction | 2 | English | |
| Academic Discipline | 85 | Comprehensive / Integrated Areas (Humanities) | |
Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome
This class will focus on travel writing from English and German speaking countries. All of the texts that will be discussed have been written after 1945 and most of them have pronounced literary qualities. From about the 1970s onwards they display a strong tendency towards hybridity. Students will get acquainted with some of the classic texts of travel writing in the late 20th century, like Bruce Chatwin's "In Patagonia", The Middle Passage" by V. S. Naipaul and W. G. Sebald's "The Rings of Saturn". We will also deal with some eminent representatives of German-speaking travel writing like Roger Willemsen and Christoph Ransmayr, whose works we will read against the background of the above mentioned classics. And last but not least this course will give a short overview of the history of travel writing, discuss the role of ethnology and topics like orientalism, primitivism and postcolonialism.
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There are no prescribed textbooks. Handouts will be made available for download.
Reference Books
Peter Hulme and Tim Youngs (Ed.): The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing, Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 978-0-521-78652-2
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