Contemporary Literary Theories 340-AS2-1ML

ECTS points 1.
Course profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Course type: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline: humanities/language studies
year of study: I
semester: I or II

Students’ workload balance:
- Participation in lectures: 15h
- Preparation/consultation/test and preparation for it: 15h

Quantitative indicators:
- Student’s workload connected with classes that require assistance from the teacher: 0.75.
- Student’s workload not requiring the teacher’s assistance: 0.25.

Term 2023:

ECTS points 1.
Course profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Course type: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline: humanities/language studies
year of study: I
semester: I or II

Students’ workload balance:
- Participation in lectures: 15h
- Preparation/consultation/test and preparation for it: 15h

Quantitative indicators:
- Student’s workload connected with classes that require assistance from the teacher: 0.75.
- Student’s workload not requiring the teacher’s assistance: 0.25.

Term 2024:

ECTS points 1.
Course profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Course type: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline: humanities/language studies
year of study: I
semester: I or II

Students’ workload balance:
- Participation in lectures: 15h
- Preparation/consultation/test and preparation for it: 15h

Quantitative indicators:
- Student’s workload connected with classes that require assistance from the teacher: 0.75.
- Student’s workload not requiring the teacher’s assistance: 0.25.

Term 2025:

Study profile: general academic
Form of studies: full-time
Type of course: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline of science: humanities/linguistics
Year of study: I
Semester: I or II
ECTS credits: 2
Student workload balance:
- Participation in classes: 30h
- Preparation for classes / participation in consultations related to classes, preparation for the credit and attendance: 30h
Quantitative indicators:
- Student workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of a teacher: 1.25
- Student workload not requiring the direct participation of a teacher: 0.75

Prerequisites (description)

Prior to the course the students must be able to read advanced text in English and know some literary terms

Course coordinators

Jacek Partyka

Type of course

Term 2024:

(in Polish) specjalizacyjne
obligatory courses

Term 2025:

(in Polish) specjalistyczne
obligatory courses

General:

(in Polish) specjalnościowe
obligatory courses

Term 2023:

(in Polish) specjalizacyjne
obligatory courses

Mode

Term 2024:

(in Polish) w sali

Term 2025:

Self-reading
(in Polish) w sali

General:

(in Polish) w sali

Term 2023:

(in Polish) w sali

Number of hours of remote classes

No online classes

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE, the graduate knows and understands:
advanced methods of text analysis and interpretation within selected traditions and theories of literary studies KP7_WG8
SKILLS, the graduate is able to:
conduct an in-depth analysis and interpretation of literary texts using philological methods to assess their significance in the historical and cultural process KP7_UW3
correctly select sources and information derived from them in the field of literary studies and evaluate, critically analyze and synthesize this information KP7_UW7
SOCIAL COMPETENCES, the graduate is ready to:
critically evaluate the perceived content KP7_KK1

Assessment criteria

Final examination: written form in the classroom - multiple-choice test, filling in the gaps, matching terms with their definitions, etc., based on the list of issues given to students.
Grading scale according to the University Regulations

very good 5 A (at least 91%)
good plus 4,5 B (at least 81%)
good 4 C (at least 71%)
sufficient plus 3,5 D (at least 61%)
sufficient 3 E (at least 51%)
insufficient 2 F (below 51%)

Bibliography

The Cambridge Companion to Narrative, edited by David Herman, 2009
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Third Edition, edited by Vincent B. Leitch, 2018.

Term 2023:

1.
LENNARD J. DAVIS (b. 1949)
Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body
From Chapter 6. Visualizing the Disabled Body: The Classical Nude and the Fragmented Torso
2.
EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK (1950–2009)
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
From Introduction.Epistemology of the Closet
From Introduction: Axiomatic
3.
ROSI BRAIDOTTI (b. 1954) The Posthuman
From Introduction
From Chapter 1. Post-Humanism: Life Beyond the Self
4.
JUDITH BUTLER (b. 1956) Gender Trouble
From Preface
From Chapter 3. Subversive Bodily Acts
5.
KELLY OLIVER (b. 1958) Witnessing and Testimony
6.
JUDITH JACK HALBERSTAM (b. 1961) Female Masculinity
From Chapter 1. An Introduction to Female Masculinity: Masculinity without Men
7.
DAVID HERMAN (b. 1962) 2549
Narrative Theory after the Second Cognitive Revolution
8.
STEPHEN BEST (b. 1969) and SHARON MARCUS (b. 1966)
From Surface Reading: An Introduction

9
TIMOTHY MORTON (b. 1968) The Ecological Thought
From Introduction: Critical Thinking
10.
ALONDRA NELSON (b. 1968)
AfroFuturism: Past-Future Visions

11.
SIANNE NGAI (b. 1971) Ugly Feelings
From Introduction
12.
IAN BOGOST (b. 1976)
The Rhetoric of Video Games

Term 2025:

Allen, Graham. Intertextuality. Third Edition, Routledge, 2022.
Baron, Scarlett. The Birth of Intertextuality. The Riddle of Creativity, Routledge, 2020.
Barthes, Roland. “The Death of the Author.”
Clayton, Jay, and Eric Rothstein (eds). Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History, U of Wisconsin P, 1991.
Foucault, Michel. “What Is an Author?”
Genette, Gérard. Palimpsests. Literature in the Second Degree. Translated by Channa Newman and Claude Doubinsky, U of Nebraska P, 1997.
Genette, Gérard. Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation. Translated by Jane E. Lewin, Cambridge UP, 1997.
Riffaterre, Michael. Fictional Truth, The Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.

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