Syllabus
1. Course Introduction + Contemporary American Short Fiction: Philosophical fiction (Charles R.
Johnson – 4 short stories) 2. Contemporary American Novel (David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars) 3.+4.
Multicultural American (Philip Roth: The Human Stain) 5. Contemporary American Poetry 6.
Contemporary American Drama (David Mamet: November) 7. Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts (Lucy Wood: "Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict" (2018) from The Sing of the Shore, Candice Carty-Williams: Queenie (2019)- extract chapter 27) 8. +9.
Contemporary British Historical Fiction (Andrea Levy: “Back to My Own Country” (2014) from Six Stories and an Essay (2014); The Long Song (2010)) 10. Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society (Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other (2019) extracts) 11.
Contemporary British Drama (Lucy Kirkwood: The Children (2016), Extracts: Natasha Gordon: Nine Night (2018), Caryl Churchill: Escaped Alone (2016), Ella Hickson: Oil (2016)) 12. Contemporary British Poetry
Annotation
The aim of this course is to introduce contemporary British and American fiction, poetry and drama. The course provides information concerning major developmental tendencies, themes, representative authors and works since 2000 until today while engaging the students within the process.
The lectures provide a historical, social, political, cultural and literary-theoretical context of the works. The seminars are based on critical discussions dealing with the key formal and thematic and socio-historical aspects of the works.
Topics: Contemporary American short story Contemporary American novel Contemporary American poetry Contemporary American Drama Contemporary British Literature within Historical, Political, Cultural and Theoretical Contexts Contemporary British Historical Fiction Contemporary British Fiction: Literature and Society Contemporary British Drama Contemporary British Poetry