Literary-Cultural Specialisation Classes 2 340-AS2-1LCS2

Student should have basic prior knowledge in the areas of cultural and literary studies as well as basic competence in history, culture and literature of the English speaking countries.

The aim of the course is to broaden students' knowledge and abilities in the areas of cultural and literary studies. During the course, students will explore new areas of research in these fields, improve interpretative abilities of literary and cultural works as well as discover connections between various cultural phenomenon.
The course wii focus on various subjects and different epochs.

Source materials for discussion will include, among others:
- Nobel for literature (Naipal, Coetzee, Pinter, Lessing, Dylan, Tokarczuk) .
- short stories by Bernard Malamud.

Selected aspects of Native American history, culture, and literature (including key critics and representatives). The aim of the course is to broaden students' knowledge and abilities in the areas of cultural and literary studies. During the course, students will explore new areas of research in these fields, improve interpretative abilities of literary and cultural works as well as discover connections between various cultural phenomenon.

Selected aspects of Native American history, culture, and literature (including key critics and representatives). The aim of the course is to broaden students' knowledge and abilities in the areas of cultural and literary studies. During the course, students will explore new areas of research in these fields, improve interpretative abilities of literary and cultural works as well as discover connections between various cultural phenomenon.

Readings

Primary sources:
- Literary Nobel Prize Lectures (Naipal, Coetzee, Pinter, Lessing, Dylan, Tokarczuk)
- Bernard Malamud, The Complete Stories, New York, 1997.

Secondary sources:
Bennett, Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, Routledge, 2016
Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction, University of Minnesota, 2008
Rooney, The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

1.Sacvan Bercovitch (ed.), The Cambridge History of American Literature, CUP 2005.
2.Joy Porter, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, CUP 2005.
3.Arnold Krupat, The Voice in the Margin, Univ. of California Press 1989.
4.Harlod Bloom (ed.), Native American Writers, Bloom’s Literary Criticism 2010.

1.Sacvan Bercovitch (ed.), The Cambridge History of American Literature, CUP 2005.
2.Joy Porter, The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature, CUP 2005.
3.Arnold Krupat, The Voice in the Margin, Univ. of California Press 1989.
4.Harlod Bloom (ed.), Native American Writers, Bloom’s Literary Criticism 2010.

Final grade on the base of presented during class presentation (analysis of 2 stories by Barnard Malamud) as well as active participation in classes.

2 unexcused absences are acceptable.