Fiction in English: Nobel Prize winners since 1950

Academiejaar: 2007-2008 Code opleidingsonderdeel: FLWTLE0070 Semester: 2e semester Studiepunten: 4 Uren Studietijd: 112 Uren theorie: 30,00 Uren praktijk: Uren andere: Deeltijds programma: 1/2 Titularis(sen) Bart Eeckhout Trui Vetters Taal waarin de cursus wordt gedoceerd: Engels Info semesterexamen: semesterexamen in juni Info contractrestrictie: 1. Aanvangscompetenties (begintermen) *Algemene competenties A high-school diploma. *Volgtijdelijkheid 2. Eindcompetenties (eindtermen) An understanding of how the modern canon of literature in English operates and how international writers come to be awarded the most prestigious literary prize in the world; close reading skills informed by an awareness of narratological theories, context, and ideology; the ability to write a short essay about a literary text. 3. Inhoud This course introduces seven English-speaking Nobel Prize winners who have received the prize since the middle of the twentieth century. The emphasis is on authors who made their careers on the basis of their prose: the all-American writers Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck, the Jewish-American Saul Bellow, the African-American Toni Morrison, the South-Africans Nadine Gordimer and J.M. Coetzee, and the British author Sir William Golding. Their work evokes many different national cultures and periods, as well as a variety of themes and fictional genres. For purposes of analysis, we will fall back on the narratological apparatus taught in the course "Literary Genres" during the first semester. 4. Werkvormen Contactmomenten: Hoorcolleges Eigen werk: Opdrachten:Individueel 5. Evaluatievormen Examen: Schriftelijk zonder mondelinge toelichting Gesloten boek Open vragen 6. Noodzakelijk studiemateriaal - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea (Arrow) - John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men (Penguin) - William Golding, Lord of the Flies (Faber Educational Edition) - Saul Bellow, Seize the Day (Penguin) - J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace (Vintage) - The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Shorter Sixth Edition 7. Facultatief studiemateriaal 8. Studiebegeleiding laatste aanpassing: laatste aanpassing: 03/07/2007 11:57 bart.eeckhout