This is a seminar for book lovers. For our sixteen
weeks we have quite a lot of texts to read, but some are short and dense
(Pynchon), some are fast reads (Brautigan) – we start with the shorter reads--,
some are suspenseful and grim (Butler), some interesting and annoying (Roth),
some exciting and surprising (Yamashita) and some creative, imaginative and
riveting (Whitehead). We will attempt to re-assess postmodernism in literature.
We will get to know various approaches to postmodernism, definitions,
explanations. And we will read the novels/novellas against these suggestions,
look at the styles, strategies, topics, concerns. We will see if there is a
development within postmodernism, if postmodernism is passé, or if we can
relate to the material (and if Afrofuturism is its heir). We will also discuss
what a (literary) period could be and from which vantage point we judge
literary eras.
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Julia Dutschke
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Martin Klepper