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The North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series invites
| What | Lecture |
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| When |
Sun, November 15 @ 06:00PM from 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm |
| Where | UNC Institute for the Arts & Humanities, Hyde Hall, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Contact Name | Karen Hagemann |
| Contact Email | hagemann@unc.edu |
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Claudia A. Becker (North Carolina Central University): "The Concept of Otherness in THE EMIGRANTS by W.G. Sebald and DIE HEIMAT 1-2-3 by Edgar Reitz"
Introduction and moderation: Dr. Richard Langston (UNC Chapel Hill)
This presentation will compare and contrast the processes that are involved in deciphering the literary and filmic representations and conceptualizations of images of otherness in the four portraits of Verschollene, i.e. individuals that one has not heard from/of for a longer time in THE EMIGRANTS by W.G. Sebald and the characters that are perceived as they rather than we within the literary microcosms that are constructed by the respective narrators (Geschichtenerzaehler). Further, an attempt will be made to analyze the reasons and describe the linguistic components in terms of word choices made to depict those individuals who do not belong any more and/or have been excluded by their peer group/s.
CLAUDIA A. BECKER (Ph.D. in German with a concentration in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Southern California (USC)) has been an associate professor in German and director of the German sections in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) since 2007. Before joining NCCU, Dr. Becker was an assistant professor of German and Director-Coordinator of the Basic German Language Program at the University of Illinois (UIC).
Refreshments and drinks will be served before the seminar. The lecture starts at 6:30 pm.
Please register with Philipp Stelzel (stelzel@email.unc.edu) in a timely fashion.
For more information see: http://www.unc.edu/ncgs
SPONSORED BY CAROLINA SEMINARS
For more information on the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series see: http://www.unc.edu/~hagemann/NCGSS-test//
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Steering Committee:
- William C. Donahue (Duke University, Germanic Languages and Literature).
- Michael Gross (East Carolina University, History)
- Karen Hagemann (UNC Chapel Hill, History)
- Konrad H. Jarausch (UNC Chapel Hill, History)
- Claudia Koonz (Duke University, History)
- Richard Langston (UNC Chapel Hill, German Languages) (Speaker)
- Heather Perry (UNC Charlotte, History)
- Tom Robisheaux (Duke University, History)
- Philip Stelzel (UNC Chapel Hill, History (assistant and rapporteur)