General information

Course name	Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-07 Water and Environment in North American Literature
Subtitle
Course number	10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-07
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	24
expected number of participants	20
Home institute	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
First date	Wednesday, 09.04.2025 12:15 - 13:45, Room: SFG 2040
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf

Tutor

Susanne Mindermann (TT)

Rooms and times

SFG 2040: Wednesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly (12x)
No room preference: Wednesday: 12:15 - 13:45, weekly(2x)

Module assignments

Universität Bremen
- English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media - English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media (MPO 2018), 2. Version valid from WiSe 2024/2025
  - English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media, MA E-SC (gültig ab WiSe 2018/19)
    - 10-ANG-MA-ExMo1 - Erweiterungsmodul 1 (valid from WiSe 2018/2019)
      - Lehrveranstaltung zum Modul ExMo1 (Seminar 2)
    - 10-ANG-MA-ExMo2 - Erweiterungsmodul 2 (valid from WiSe 2018/2019)
      - Lehrveranstaltung zum Modul ExMo2 (Seminar 2)
- Transnationale Literaturwissenschaft: Literatur, Theater, Film - Transnationale Literaturwissenschaft: Literatur, Theater und Film (MPO 2012/2016), 3. Version valid from SoSe 2024
  - Wahlpflichtbereich - Profilmodule
    - 10-ROM-MA-TnL-ProL - Profilmodul Literatur (valid from SoSe 2024)
      - Seminar (Seminar zum TNL Profilmodul Literatur)

Comment/Description

This class will be conducted within the research area Blue Humanities. Blue Humanities studies oceans, rivers, and coastal areas in terms of (colonial) histories, migration and travel, sustainability and ecological issues, circulation of people and ideas, marine and Indigenous knowledges, literature and cultures, new geographies, extractivism, energy and economic issues, among others.

After discussing ocean literacy and the sustainable development goals of the UN on water, we will read and discuss short texts from the collection The Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea by Laura Trethewey and the two novels The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh and People of the Whale by Linda Hogan. The novels are ready for purchase at the University bookstore at the beginning of the semester: The Hungry Tide (13 €) and People of the Whale (17,50 €). Other primary and secondary texts will be uploaded on StudIP.
Pls note that regular attendance and class preparation and active class discussion are mandatory. You must register on StudIP for this class.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

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