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This class will introduce you to the fundamentals of literary studies. You will acquire knowledge about basic theories, concepts, methodologies and terminologies that will help you to engage with literary texts. Besides theory texts and texts of literary criticism, we will read a selection of contemporary American poems, the novel The Salt Eaters (1980) by Toni Cade Bambara, and the play The Trials of Brother Jero (1960) by Wole Soyinka. Please purchase and read:
- Toni Cade Bambara (1980), The Salt Eaters (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Tracy Smith (ed.) (2017), American Journal. Fifty Poems For Our Time (Graywolf Press)
All other texts will be available for download on Stud.IP. |