This seminar engages with a selection of essays which gauge the power of the written word at the present moment. Kei Miller, Romesh Guenesekera, Blake Morrison, Olumide Popoola, and Tabish Khair are literary authors; in their essays selected for this class they reflect on the craft of writing; on the impact of literature; on its function as a "storehouse", its power to question and resist, and on its capacity to dream and soothe. In addition to the essays selected, we will also discuss excerpts from the literary texts of our subject authors.
- Lehrende/r: Yash Gupta
- Lehrende/r: Nina Greta Hattrup
- Lehrende/r: Eva Larisch
- Lehrende/r: Mark U. Stein
- Lehrende/r: Gabriele Uplawski
Semester: WiSe 2024/25