Invited lecturer: Michaela Mudure; Slaveries and the Roma people.

27 Março 2017, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1.    General overview:

1.1 Slavery in the ancient times

1.2 Slavery in the Ottoman Empire

1.3 Slavery in the USA

2.    Slavery in Central and Eastern Europe

2.1         The arrival of the Roma to Europe

2.2         How did the Roma become slaves?

2.3         The Roma plight

2.4         Gendering the Roma plight

2.5         The manumission of the Roma

2.6         The Porrojmas

2.7         After 1945

Sherman Alexie, "An Indian Education"; Creative writing practice: memoir writing.

22 Março 2017, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Sherman Alexie, "An Indian Education".

Frozen River by Courtney Hunt (concl.); discussion of the movie. Delivery and feedback on text analysis exercises.

20 Março 2017, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Frozen River by Courtney Hunt (concl.); discussion of the movie. Frozen River by Courtney Hunt (concl.); discussion of the movie.

Conclusion of M. Okubo's Citizen 13660. Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller.

15 Março 2017, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Conclusion of Miné Okubo's Citizen 13660.

Miné Okubo, Citizen 13600 (cont.); text analysis exercise

13 Março 2017, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Miné Okubo, Citizen 13660: image and text analysis.

http://northamericandiasporalit.blogspot.de/2017/03/hw-for-march-8.html
Revision of key concepts in regard to Diasporic Literatures:

http://northamericandiasporalit.blogspot.de/2017/03/mid-term-revisions.html

Text analysis exercise.