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From Al Gore to Greta Thunberg and Beyond: Ecocriticism and Gender (AE_HSEcoG)- Lecturer
- PD Dr. Nadine Böhm-Schnitker
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Fri 10:15 - 11:45, room tbd
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all winter term classes will be taught online.
Das Hauptseminar gehört in folgenden Studiengängen zu folgenden Modulen:
BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (301) Literature/Culture (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) - HA Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien (neu): Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature. (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) - HA (80%) MA English Studies: Core Module: Culture (module 4031, exam 40311: Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2-3 pages, 20%) MA English Studies: Core Module: Literature (module 4051, exam 40511: Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2-3 pages, 20%)) MA English Studies: Master Module II: Culture (module 8350, exam 83501: Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2-3 pages, 20%)) MA English Studies: Master Module II: Literature (module 8360, exam 83601: Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2-3pages, 20%)) MA Literaturstudien - intermedial und interkulturell (Anglistik als Kernfach): Modul 9 Aufbaumodul
- Contents
- As one of the defining discourses of our time, climate change is a central topic negotiated in literature and culture. The debate is frequently complicated by an established binary between 'nature' and 'culture' that relies on an inbuilt gender bias. In this seminar, we are going to explore the genre of ecogothic literature and culture with a particular focus on the gender discourses negotiated in the field. Students can engage in research groups on several topic clusters (e.g. theory with a particular emphasis on ecological feminism; the gothic and the ecogothic as gendered discourses; celebrity culture, e.g. the public personae of Al Gore or Greta Thunberg; close literary and cultural analysis of primary material; theory and activism). Apart from documentaries and films such as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (2006), The Guardians of the Earth (2017) or Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow (2004), we'll analyse novels such as Maggie Gee's The Ice People (1998), John Burnside's Glister (2008) and the novella "Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha" (1992) by Mahasweta Devi. After the seminar, students will have acquired a thorough overview of central approaches in the field of the environmental humanities and their interconnection with gender discourses.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 24.8.2020, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 7.11.2020, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2020/2021:
- Anglistik, Modul 8 E (M 8)
- Anglistik, Modul 9 E (M 9)
- Core Module Culture (Core Cult)
- Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
- Master Module II: Culture (Master II: Cult)
- Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)
- Department: Chair of English Literature and Culture (Prof. Dr. Feldmann)
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