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The students are capable to identify and assess key topics of the dissemination of literature (strategies of evaluation, staging and branding).

The Foreigner (Stranger) as a Brand in the Literary World.  Migrant Literature, Intercultural Literature or Chamisso-Literature, are labels under which an increasingly heterogeneous group of authors are identified in the literary field.  Literary awards, publishers, the media, and even the authors themselves, can be defined as contributors to this phenomenon. This course is intended to show how the 'stranger as a brand', is traded and discussed in the Germanic literary scene with special attention to “Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei” by E. S. Özdamar, “Leyla” by F. Zaimoglu and "Etüden im Schnee" by Y. Tawada. The reading of at least one of the novels is mandatory.

Continuous assessment (based on regular written and/or oral contribution by participants)

Active participation in the class discussions, in-class presentations, written assignment (ca. 5-10 p.)

Emine Sevgi Özdamar: Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei.
Köln: Kiepenheuer und Witsch 1992.

Feridun Zaimoglu: Leyla. Köln: Kiepenheuer und Witsch 2006.

positive assessment of the Pflichtmodule 7, 18 und 23 (Bachelor)

Für LA-Studierende im 2. Studienenabschnitt im Bereich Freie Wahlfächer und für das Diplomstudium 2. Studienabschnitt