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Stories as Archives: American Literary Fiction as Documentation

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Jatin Wagle

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In Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive (2019), the narrator states, “…the story I need to tell is the one of the children who are missing, those whose voices can no longer be heard because they are, possibly forever, lost” (42). In order to document such “lost” experiences that cannot be accessed via established archives, she turns to narrative fiction to piece together an alternative, and perhaps an impossible, archive of migrant experiences. But, how can fictional narratives function as documents, records and archives? How do literary narratives and their readers negotiate the boundaries between facticity and fiction? We will try and address these and cognate questions in this seminar in American Studies, by taking up modern and contemporary literary fiction from the United States.
In order to take and enjoy this class, you should be willing to read, analyze, and discuss historical and analytical texts, as well as texts of narrative fiction. As part of your assigned work in this seminar, all the course participants would need to carefully prepare the reading(s) allotted for a session, develop points of discussion, and occasionally respond to the reading(s) via annotations on Google Docs. Our weekly, in-person meetings will be assisted by expert groups/session presenters.
Requirements for a grade (ANG-V-LK, or ANG-SI-Komp. 1 and 2; ANG-V1): All of the above and a research-based seminar paper.
Please check the course webpages on Stud.IP regularly for updates, announcements, and changes.
A list of primary texts and/or required readings will be provided before the course begins.
Prerequisites for participation: ANG-B1/ANG-B-LK module

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Ort: 41/E07
Zeiten: Mo. 14:00 - 16:00 (wöchentlich)
Erster Termin: Montag, 28.10.2024 14:00 - 16:00, Ort: 41/E07
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)