Syllabus
Introduction to Basic Literary Terms
Ray Bradbury
Flannery O'Connor
Poetry I
Alice Munro, "Boys and Girls"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "Olikoye"
Poetry II
Pico Yier, "Why We Travel", from Autumn Light
Annotation
The course focuses on Anglophone literature after 1950 and aims to introduce students to some of the key authors of this period in more detail. The course thus builds on the winter term seminar on British literature between 1900 and 1950, but now focuses more on developing students' ability to work with basic concepts of literary theory and to interpret a selected text in light of its broader cultural and philosophical context.
In addition to improving reading and interpretive skills, this will lead students to deepen their understanding of contemporary culture through the lens of literature. In doing so, we will focus on topics such as technology, gender equality, globalization, multiculturalism, and other relevant phenomena of our time.