Teaching the Body (Literatur-/Kulturdidaktik)

The human body is a marvel: our opposable thumbs have helped us climb the food chain, our brains enabled the design of computers, spaceships and bubble tea and we are able to speak many languages. The human body is flawed: we need clothing as protection against the weather, we are prey to many illnesses as well as diseases and when we do not consume drink and food, we die. Moreover, the body becomes a contested entity when it comes to ethnic discourses, abortion rights or the identity of transgender people. Moreover, growing up, the body changes on its own and needs (?) to be changed in order to fit in with other bodies. In this course, we will look at different representations of the body and how especially young people deal with the many challenges that are attributed to it.

Since this seminar is a Literatur- / Kulturdidaktik-Seminar, we will not only deal with these texts within the academic framework of literary and cultural studies in the narrower sense, but of course also talk about the role that discussions of the body can play in the EFL classroom (intercultural communicative competence, teaching literature etc.).

A list of required reading will be made available during the first session.

You are supposed to take part in a presentation group (with a focus on teaching) and write (LABG 2016):

• a reflection essay (Unterrichtsskizze) (HRSGe)
• written essay and reflection essay (Unterrichtsskizze) (GyGe/BK)

Personal attendance during the first session is required to maintain enrolment status.
Please direct all your inquiries about vacancies to britlit.fragen.fk15tu-dortmundde.