Termin rejestracji: 28.02.2018 r. od godz. 10.00 do 02.03.2018 r. do godz. 23.55.

Terminy zajęć:  23.03., 06.04., 20.04., 18.05., 25.05. 2018 (piątki) w godz. 15.00-20.00

Język wykładowy: angielski,

3 punkty ECTS

Cele kształcenia: At the end of the course students should understand the mechanism of selection of the Nobel Prizes in Literature, the variety of issues governing the choices of laureates, the role the Prizes do or do not play in World Literature, and how the laureates studied have contributed to current literary tendencies.

Efekty kształcenia:

Students will be able to

- discuss the role of the Nobel Prizes in Literature in the context of post-war literature;

- describe the functioning of the prizes and the various criteria of selection;

- evaluate their impact on literary production and consumption.

- analyze the works studied as objects of post-war literature;

- identify in them the major trends and features of modern and post-modern literature.

Wymagania wstępne:

An at least average command of English and ability to read and understand literary texts.

Forma i warunki zaliczenia:

- Maximum of two unexcused absences;

- Active participation in discussions.

- Students will circulate to the class at least 2 short written comments on the material studied (250 words per topic: one may take the form of a short presentation in class).

- Students must submit a final paper of approx. 2000 words pertinent to the material studied on a topic chosen by the student.

Metody sprawdzania i kryteria oceny efektów kształcenia uzyskanych przez studentów:

The final grade for this class will be computed as follows: active participation 25%; short written comments 25%; final paper 50%.

Metody dydaktyczne: Lecture/discussion with short presentations by students.

Pełny opis: This course examines the role of the Nobel Prizes in Literature in the context of world culture, especially in the period after WWII, through the analysis of a selection of works by Nobel laureates. We shall ask such questions as the following:

• What are the criteria underlying the choice of laureates?
• What are the commonalities between the works of laureates, and can they be viewed as exemplifying “World Literature”?
• What is the literary, political and social impact of the works studied?
• How do the works analyzed reflect the major cultural tendencies of the post-1945 world, e.g., post-Holocaust, post-colonial, anti- and post-Soviet, feminist, post-modernist, and magic realism?

Literatura

NB works may be read in translation in the language of the student’s choice. Students must also familiarize themselves with the material on the official Nobel Prize website concerning the authors under study: the prize motivation, Nobel lecture, and biographical and bibliographical information.

Brodsky, Joseph. Twenty Sonnets to Maria Stuart, in A Part of Speech; Watermark, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992.

Grass, Günter. The Tin Drum, tr. Breon Mitchell, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Heaney, Seamus. New Selected Poems 1966-1987, Faber and Faber, 1990; Seeing Things, Faber and Faber, 1991.

Morrison, Toni. Beloved, Vintage International, 2004.

Munro, Alice. Runaway. Penguin Canada, 2004.

Oé, Kenzaburo. “Prize Stock,” in Teach us to Outgrow Our Madness, Grove Press, 1977, pp. 111-171.

Pamuk, Orhan. Snow, Vintage International, 2004.

Szymborska, Wisława. Poems New and Collected, tr. Stanisław Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Harcourt, 1998

Students are encouraged to make use of the following suggested supplemental literature:

Bowers, Maggie A. Magic(al) Realism. New York: Routledge, 2004.

D’haen, Theo, David Damrosch and Djelal Kadir (eds). The Routledge Companion to World Literature. London; New York: Routledge, 2012

Espmark, Kjell. The Nobel Prize in Literature: A study of the Criteria behind the Choices. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1991.

MR: Theory, History, Community

Kundera, Milan. “Die Weltliteratur: European novelists and modernism.” The New Yorker. January 8, 2007.

< https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/08/die-weltliteratur >

Heinich, Natalie. L’Épreuve de la grandeur : Prix littéraires et reconnaissance. Paris : La Découverte, 1999.

Hutcheon, Linda. A Poetics of Post-modernism: History, Theory, Fiction. NY: Routledge 1988.

Semenenko, Aleksei. The Texture of Culture: An Introduction to Yuri Lotman’s Semiotic Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Steiner, George. “The Scandal of the Nobel Prize.” The New York Times. September 30, 1984. < http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/30/books/the-scandal-of-the-nobel-prize.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=print >

Zamora, Lois Parkinson (ed.). Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community. Duke University Press, 1995.