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21997-01 - Lecture: US-American Fiction after 2000 (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2009 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This lecture course offers a survey of US-American Texts after 2000 as they emerge out of postmodernist metafiction and move into a specific writing after 9/11. Subcategories will entail the following areas: 1: After postmodernism: writing between fact and fiction; 2: 9/11 and its aftermath; 3: History/family histories retold; 4: US-American moodscapes; 5: Transgression and hybridity. Authors discussed will include, among others: Atwood, Auster, Brooks, Cunningham, Easton Ellis, Eugenides, Foer, Ford, Franzen, Lethem, McInerney, ONeill, Powers, Roth, Updike, Whitehead. |
| Bibliography | Texts will be available on the EVA-Server. |
| Admission requirements | None |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul English & American Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Learning about Literature and Culture (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Weitere Lehrveranstaltungen für den Wahlbereich Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Geschlechterforschung) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Written test (90 mins) towards the end of term. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |