SoSe 25

This seminar explores the concept of the home as a site of co-habitation in contemporary British literature and culture. By examining the intersections of living with people, animals, and objects, we will uncover how domestic spaces shape and are shaped by personal and collective identities, social hierarchies, and cultural practices.

Through a multidisciplinary approach, students will engage with a diverse array of media, including literary texts, theoretical essays, films, and reality television, to critically analyze representations of home as both a physical and symbolic space. Key themes will include: human and non-human relationships: negotiating intimacy, conflict, and community within shared living spaces as well as the roles animals and objects play in domestic life and their implications for sustainability and ethics.