Course syllabus
Dear students,
In this course, you will read several, modern literary works written in both North and South America, and from several genres. You will also learn about world-literature as an approach, by attending a lecture and reading scholarly texts (e.g. journal articles and book chapters) on various theories and questions common to the concept of world literature. This concept will be used as the chief theoretical-analytical lens to be applied to reading the literary works on this course, and discussed during the obligatory seminars.
Teaching
The course offers six seminars, beginning with an introductory lecture. Each seminar is dedicated to different literary works and scholarly topics as well as different cultural and geographical regions of North and South America. Each seminar will include preparatory readings and when stated pre-seminar tasks, which you will form the basis for your online seminar discussions with other students and the seminar teacher.
Contact
If you have questions about this course, please contact the course coordinator, David Gray (dgy@du.se).
All the online seminar activities will take place in this Zoom room: https://du-se.zoom.us/j/61961838370
The introduction for this course will take place on Monday, 31st August, 13.00-14.30: World Literatures: North and South America (David Gray).
The course seminars will take place on Mondays, between 13.00-14.30 in the following weeks:
- Week 36: Introduction
- Seminar 1 - America (Portuguese-speaking) Adriana Lisboa, Crow Blue
- Seminar 2 - America (French-speaking) Dany Laferrière How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
- Seminar 3 - America (English-speaking) Joseph O'Neill, Netherland
- Seminar 4 - America (English-speaking) John Cheever "Reunion" and Alice Walker "Everyday Use"
- Seminar 5 - America (Spanish-speaking) Alejo Carpentier, Kingdom of This World
- Submission of suggested topic for final essay (instructions will be posted in Canvas)
- Submission of final essay
- Seminar 6 - Essay presentation seminar.
***Please be aware that seminar dates and times can, in some circumstances, change; a more detailed week-to-week schedule will be posted at least two weeks before the course begins. We will always strive to post any changes in the Canvas room clearly and giving as much advance notice as possible.
Further information will be published in the Modules in the coming weeks. Please make sure that you have access to the obligatory course literature for the duration of the course, and to allow you sufficient time to read each of the literary works.
Welcome to the course and we look forward to seeing you on Zoom!
David Gray
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