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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India at the time when India was part of the British Empire. He was the author of The Jungle Book (yes, that Jungle Book … Mowgli, Baloo the bear an all that) as well as many poems and short stories. He was hugely popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. He wrote about the British Empire in India, and therefore about imperialism – but was he an imperialist, or were his views much more differentiated? Let´s find out by looking at his poems and prose texts ourselves!
Material will be made available in a Moodle room. You will receive the password via e-mail. Requirements: thorough preparation for each session, active participation, and, if applicable, written work according to your particular Studienordnung. As always: think, enjoy (!), annotate, and look things up if necessary. Useful background knowledge of key cultural, historical and literary contexts can be found here: Christoph Heyl, Kleine Englische Literaturgeschichte. J.B. Metzler. ISBN-13: 978-3476045096.
Requirements: thorough preparation for each session, active participation, and, if applicable, written work according to your particular Studienordnung. As always: think, enjoy (!), annotate, and look things up if necessary.
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