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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
English
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Yael Levin
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Yael Levin
Course/Module description:
The course aims to familiarize students with a range of twentieth century British and American novels. We will engage with a wide spectrum of cultural and literary traditions from High Modernism to Postmodernism and examine the unique articulations of these developments within the genre.
Course/Module aims:
To introduce students to the primary texts and their social, cultural and historical contexts. To furnish students with tools of analysis and interpretation and to familiarize them with the aesthetic principles underlying the different stages of the novel´s evolution.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
An ability to critically analyze texts, to use secondary sources in textual analysis, to argue and support an informed interpretation.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Seminar
Course/Module Content:
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!
Toni Morrison, Beloved
J.M. Coetzee, Foe
Required Reading:
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!
Toni Morrison, Beloved
J.M. Coetzee, Foe
Additional Reading Material:
additional materials will be available through the course moodle site.
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 35 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 20 %
Mid-terms exams 45 %
Additional information:
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