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Department of Romance Studies Department of Romance Studies

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claudia Jünke Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claudia Jünke, +43 512 507 42017

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Analysis and Interpretation - Literary Studies

SE 2

12,5

Block

each semester

Spanish

The course pursues the aim of discussing the Caribbean contribution to French literature of the XXth century. As to the writers suggested for reading cf. « Contents ».

 

Our work in class will concentrate on the literary texts of the following authors :

• Aimé Césaire (Martinique), Cahier d’un retour au pays natal ;
• Frantz Fanon (Martinique), Peau Noire, Masques Blancs ; Les damnés de la terre ; Une tempête ;
• René Depestre (Haiti), Bonjour et adieu à la négritude ;
• Edouard Glissant (Martinique), Le Discours antillais ; Poétique de la Relation ; Introduction à une poétique du divers ; Traité du Tout-Monde ;
• Raphael Confiant (Martinique), Eloge de la créolité ;
• Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique), Texaco ; Une enfance créole ;
• Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe), Traversée de la mangrove ;
• Gisèle Pineau (Guadeloupe), L’exil selon Julia ;
• Simone Schwarz-Bart (Guadeloupe), Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle ; Ti Jean l'horizon ;
• Dany Laferrière (Haiti) , Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer ; L'Odeur du café. (récit) ; Le Cri des oiseaux fous ; Je suis un écrivain japonais ; L'énigme du retour ;

 

Cf. the course schedule which will be distributed in the first session :

• Introduction: in class (group)
• Individual work: meeting with the professor, reading of the work chosen for analysis, bibliographical research concerning the author, his work and pertinent secondary literature; reading of the latter;
• First presentation of the author, his/her work and the students’perspectives of research (definition of the working titles); distribution of hand-outs and text passages;
• Individual interviews with the professor;
• Final session (block, all day, depending on the number of students participating). Power point presentations and discussion ;

• Test

Active participation, written exam (at the end of the term), seminar paper written in French, two oral presentations in French

 

All texts discussed in class have to be read by all students (we advise them to do the reading during the summer).

 

According to the curricula for BA studies and Teachers‘ Training studies, different numbers of ECTS and different workloads are intended for the students. Details will be given in the first session.

The term starts with ‘regular sessions’ in the introductory phase of the course, followed by a second phase in which the course work is combined with the students’ individual work; the course ends with a final block which brings together the results of the entire course work. The date of the final exam (test) will be determined in class.

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training programs/specialized degree programs), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course. 

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