G-LSUD3 AmLit339 Postmodern American Fiction, Transgressions and Latest Trends
G-LSUD3 AmLit339 Postmodern American Fiction, Transgressions and Latest Trends
Elective
| Teaching hours: 3 |
Credits: 3 |
ECTS: 6
Description
This course focuses on key contemporary American fiction writers, such as Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, John Updike, Norman Mailer, William Gibson, Leslie Marmon Silko, Annie Proulx and so on, covering the period between 1945-2000. In particular, students will:
- Focus on the close textual analysis and discussion of short stories, novels and hypertexts as well as on the commentary of various theoretical essays dealing with the postmodern condition or postmodern writing
- Familiarize themselves with various postmodern writing practices, experimentation and non-linear textuality
- Get informed about the various socio-cultural trends and the political context that formulates the writing style of each one of the writers under consideration.
Course textbook and outline/bibliography are available.
Assessment: Presentations, reports, final exam and/or essays.
Teaching
