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HENK0390HU English - Free topic 8: Modern American Writing
Volume 2016/2017
Content
This course is designed to open the world of modern American writing to MA students through close-reading and in-depth analysis of a selection of contemporary novels and poetry supported by relevant theories. The shift from modern to postmodern writing will be a central feature here, the problematics of (American) canon formation will be discussed, and questions concerning cultural affiliation will be addressed. We will read texts by Frost, Williams, Faulkner, Hemingway, Ginsberg, Sukenick, Auster and others.
Teaching and learning methods
Class
instruction
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 176,75
- Total
- 204,75
Exam (KA 2013-ordning)
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HENK0390HU
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See link to schedule
- Study board
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Course responsibles
- Inge Birgitte Siegumfeldt (6-857b7779877f527a877f407d8740767d)
Lecturers
Ethelene Whitmire
Saved on the
20-04-2016