Course
Course 15 credits • LIVR33
Literature-Culture-Media: Contemporary Writing in English
Teaching – autumn semester of 2020
Due to the announcement from the Swedish Government issued May 29th, that returning to campus-based education is possible from June 15th, the following applies to teaching at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology during the autumn semester:
- Due to the ongoing corona (COVID-19) pandemic and the restrictions that have been issued, the courses taught this autumn will have a limited number of meetings on campus, depending on the availability of suitable lecture rooms. The major part of the teaching will take place online. Detailed information on what is the case for your course will be given below.
- If the teaching is campus-based, there will be assigned entry and exit passages for each teaching room regarding stairwells, corridors and entrances (doorways). Please be considerate and follow the instructions to the point. Hand disinfectant will be available in all lecture halls and group rooms.
Please pay attention to the start time of your teaching. The stated time in your course schedule is valid.
This course offers a survey of contemporary writing in English across a range of genres (poetry, drama, fiction) and from a variety of national and cultural contexts, from the 1980s until the present day. The course examines the major currents of contemporary writing in English and explores, through a combination of close-reading and theoretical perspectives, the status of contemporary literature in English as both a discipline and an institutional practice. The course considers, in addition, the perspectives offered by contemporary writing in English on identity (gender, class, race/ethnicity, nationality); genre; and other key positions in contemporary critical philosophy, including post-structuralism, postmodernism, queer theory, and ecological criticism.
Seminars will comprise mini-lecture and close, group discussion of the texts, and will be supported, as needed, by a selection of appropriate secondary material and other resources.
The course is included in the Master of Arts programme in Literature – Culture – Media with a specialisation in English Literature. It is also offered as a single course.
Study period:
autumn semester 2020
Type of education:
only campus
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2020-08-31 – 2021-01-17
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-34341
Eligibility:
B. A. Course in English Literature (ENGK01), or equivalent.
Teachers:
Cian Duffy